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Article snippet: HARARE, Zimbabwe — Robert Mugabe, the longtime leader of Zimbabwe who was ousted in a military intervention last week, will continue to live in the country with his wife, Grace, after a new president takes over, his spokesman said on Thursday. Mr. Mugabe, 93, who has not spoken or appeared in public since resigning as president on Tuesday, does not wish to live anywhere else, his spokesman, George Charamba, said an interview. “He’s Zimbabwean,” Mr. Charamba said. “Where else would he live?” Mr. Mugabe, who had led Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, fell from power after firing Emmerson Mnangagwa, his vice president, early this month and then trying to arrest the nation’s top military commander. He resigned on Tuesday. With the military’s backing, Mr. Mnangagwa replaced Mr. Mugabe as leader of the governing ZANU-PF party, and he is to be sworn in as Zimbabwe’s president on Friday. Last week, Zimbabwe’s military commanders placed Mr. Mugabe and his wife under house arrest — the culmination of a power struggle that had pitted Ms. Mugabe and her political allies against Mr. Mnangagwa and the military. While Zimbabweans cheered the end of Mr. Mugabe’s 37-year-rule, most citizens and politicians have reserved their harshest criticism for Ms. Mugabe, 52, who had eliminated rivals in an attempt to succeed her husband. In the past week, the Mugabes have been meeting with military officials to negotiate their future, along with Mr. Charamba, a Roman Catholic priest and a... Link to the full article to read more