Why a Mnangagwa presidency would not be a new beginning for Zimbabwe

If Zimbabwe is to step back from the brink of state failure, it must find a way to address the Mugabe regime's crimes, including Mnangagwa's role in Gukurahundi

Despite claims to the contrary by the Zimbabwean military spokesperson Major General Sibusiso Moyo, Zimbabwe is in the throes of its first coup d’état since independence in 1980. Robert Mugabe, the only head of state the country has known in its 37-year existence, is today under house arrest, and the former vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has long aspired to succeed Mugabe, has returned to Zimbabwe from South Africa, after having fled on November 6.