(FILES) This file photo taken on January 7, 2017 shows Zimbabwe acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaking during the funeral ceremony of Peter Chanetsa at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. Zimbabwe's Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa was fired, according to the Information Minister on November 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jekesai NJIKIZANA
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 7, 2017 shows Zimbabwe acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaking during the funeral ceremony of Peter Chanetsa at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. Zimbabwe's Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa was fired, according to the Information Minister on November 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Jekesai NJIKIZANA
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party said on Sunday that former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose sacking sparked a military takeover earlier this week, would be its candidate for president in elections scheduled for 2018.
“Mnangagwa was elected as president and first secretary of ZANU-PF… and was nominated as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2018 general elections,” said a party official at a meeting in Harare.
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