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The following lists events from the year 2017 in Zimbabwe .

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Events [ edit ]

March [ edit ]

  • 3 March - 2016?17 Zimbabwe floods : Government officials say that floods since December 2016 have killed 246 people and over 2000 people remain homeless as a result. [1]

June [ edit ]

  • 10 June - President Mugabe sacks Johannes Tomana from the role of chief prosecutor after a tribunal found him guilty of sexual misconduct and incompetence. [2]

November [ edit ]

  • 3 November - American producer Martha O'Donovan is arrested for allegedly insulting the President. [3]
  • 6 November - Vice President Mnangagwa is fired by Mugabe as a move perceived to be an attempt to get his wife, Grace, to succeed him as President if he dies. [4]
  • 14 November - Military forces take up positions on the streets of the capital of Harare in what the ruling party, ZANU-PF , calls an act of treason. [5]
  • 15 November - President Mugabe is overthrown as military forces seize the capital and a news station reporting the coup. [6] The military issues a statement to remain calm and support the country's development as several officials are arrested. [7]
  • 18 November - Thousands of Zimbabweans celebrate on the streets of Harare at the downfall of Mugabe. [8]
  • 19 November - Mugabe is fired from the presidency of ZANU-PF and is replaced with Mnangagwa. He refuses to resign amid a request giving him 24 hours to do so or face impeachment. [9]
  • 21 November - Mugabe resigns after impeachment proceedings are launched. [10]
  • 24 November - Emmerson Mnangagwa is sworn in as the third President of Zimbabwe with elections pending next year. [11]
  • 25 November - Former finance minister Ignatius Chombo , arrested during the coup, is charged by the courts with corruption, fraud and power abuse. [12]

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References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Zimbabwe floods killed 246, made thousands homeless" .
  2. ^ "President Mugabe sacks Zimbabwe's chief prosecutor Johannes Tomana" . BBC News . 10 June 2017.
  3. ^ "American television producer jailed for trying to 'overthrow' Zimbabwe's President Mugabe with a tweet" .
  4. ^ "Robert Mugabe sacks vice-president to clear path to power for wife" . TheGuardian.com . 6 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Soldiers on Harare streets as ruling party accuses Zimbabwe army chief of treason" . Reuters . 14 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Soldiers take over Zimbabwe state broadcaster: ZBC staff" . Reuters . 14 November 2017.
  7. ^ " 'The situation has moved to another level': Zimbabwe army statement in full" . TheGuardian.com . 15 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Zimbabwe crowds rejoice as they demand end to Mugabe rule" . BBC News . 18 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Chaos in Zimbabwe after Mugabe fails to announce expected resignation" . TheGuardian.com . 20 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Zimbabwe's Mugabe resigns ending decades-long dictatorship" . Fox News . 21 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Zimbabwe's 'Crocodile' Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as leader" . 24 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Ousted Zimbabwe finance minister Chombo faces corruption charges" . Reuters . 25 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Bishop Patrick Mumbure Mutume †" . catholic-hierarchy.org . Retrieved 9 February 2017 .
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