
No resignation as Robert Mugabe addresses nation NEWS / ZIMBABWE READ MORE Analyst: Mugabe's political support was a 'facade' Zimbabwe crisis: Tens of thousands demand 'Mugabe must go' Africa Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe SIGN UP Harare residents watch as Mugabe addresses the nation on TV [Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters] Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has resisted mounting pressure to step down, telling the nation that he will preside over a ruling party congress next month. The 93-year-old Zimbabwean leader had been widely expected to announce his resignation as Zimbabwe's head of state and government on Sunday, five days after a surprise military takeover in which he was placed under house arrest. But in his much-anticipated TV address from his State House office, Mugabe acknowledged criticism but said the country needs to "return to normalcy" without making any statement on his position. "Whatever the pros and cons of how they [the army] went about...