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Twitter users found themselves confused and searching for answers after Zimbabwe’s longtime leader, President Mugabe, announced he has resigned ahead of elections in 2018.
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Despite an army takeover and expulsion from his own ruling ZANU-PF party, Mugabe had refused to step down in a defiant televised speech on Sunday, November 19, 2017.
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However, he sent a letter of resignation to the Zimbabwean parliament on Tuesday, November 21.
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Parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda read the letter in a surprise announcement that sent lawmakers, and crowds in the streets of Zimbabwe, into wild jubilation.
This is what Zimbabweans and Africans had to say in memes following his resignation.