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Zimbabwe court to rule on Mugabe’s fitness for office

By AlJazeera
08 February 2017   |   3:28 am
A court in Zimbabwe will decide on Wednesday if Robert Mugabe is fit to remain president. The veteran leader will be 93 later this month. A political activist wants the political activist to tell Mugabe to step down.

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