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Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party's congress endorsed on Saturday President Robert Mugabe as its candidate for the 2018 election, which could extend his 36 years in office.<\/p>\n

The leader was endorsed by all party structures at the meeting held in Masvingo, 300 kilometres (186 miles) southeast of the capital Harare.<\/p>\n

The congress voiced \"its support to the president and first secretary comrade Robert Mugabe as the sole candidate for the forthcoming 2018 elections,\" said deputy secretary Eunice Sandi Moyo.<\/p>\n

The endorsement was met with resounding applause from thousands of supporters attending the annual conference, chanting in Shona language \"tongai, tongai baba\" meaning \"rule, rule father\".<\/p>\n

Mugabe, 92, has been in power since independence from British colonial rule in 1980 has avoided naming a successor or laying out plans to retire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He once joked that he would rule until he turned 100.<\/p>\n

The absence of a clear successor has sparked infighting including verbal exchanges on social media in recent weeks between factions angling for his position.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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