"Comrade Bob" was toppled from 37 years in power in November 2017 following a brief military takeover

President Robert Mugabe was dismissed as leader of Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party on Sunday in a move to force a peaceful end.

The tables could finally be turning for the Zimbabwean strongman.

The president has all but broken with his impartial stance on who will succeed him.

The youth league has new leaders but the party is making sure they are no challenge to the old guard.