According to the publication, the solemn ceremony of inauguration took place at the national stadium in Harare, the capital of the country. View from the rostrum on the oath of the president came almost 60 thousand. human.

On the highest post, Mnangagwa was nominated by the ruling party "African National Union of Zimbabwe - Patriotic Front". By last Sunday it was headed by 93-year-old Robert Mugabe.

Earlier Mugabe was dismissed from the post of the leader of the ruling party "Zimbabwean African National Union - Patriotic Front" (ZANS-PF), his place was taken by Emmerson Mnangagwa, whom Mugabe had earlier dismissed.

However, later Mugabe on national television made an appeal to the people, in which, despite all expectations, did not announce his resignation. In his speech, he vowed to remain in office, despite the increased pressure on him.

As previously reported in URA-Inform, the future president of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa is already ready to form a new government. According to the source, 75-year-old Mnangagwa was forced to leave the country after dictator Robert Mugabe dismissed him from fulfilling the duties of the prime minister of the state.