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Surrounded by the army generals who had been expected to oust him from power, Robert Mugabe sat behind a table draped with a table cloth and with a simple box of tissues placed on one side.

Would Mugabe weep as he brought the curtain down on 37 years of rule? As he addressed the nation it soon became clear that not only would there be no tears, there would also be no resignation. Here is that controversial speech in full.