Mnangagwa elected as Zimbabwe ruling party leader, positioned to take over as president

Mnangagwa elected as Zimbabwe ruling party leader, positioned to take over as president: Emmerson Mnangagwa, who also goes by the sobriquet “Crocodile,” has been elected leader of Zimbabwe’s ruling political party ZANU-PF “and positioned to take over as the country's president,” the Associated Press reports. The party sacked longtime Zimbabwean ruler Robert Mugabe after military forces took him into custody earlier this week. “[Mnangagwa] engineered a remarkable comeback using skills he no doubt learned from his longtime mentor, President Robert Mugabe,” the newswire notes.