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There could a big change in Zimbabwe. Thousands of people in the streets asking for President Robert Mugabe to . The army President Mugabe from power on Wednesday. It was angry after Mr Mugabe his deputy president. This his wife, Grace Mugabe, could have in line to take over as president. The army did not like this and control of the capital city. The army said it wanted to remove the "criminals" around Mr Mugabe. Members of Mr Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party are for Mr Mugabe to step down as president. Even veterans of Zimbabwe's war for independence are saying Mr Mugabe should . They were among Mugabe's most loyal supporters.

Robert Mugabe 93 years old and is the oldest leader of any country in the world. He the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe in 1980 and then became President in 1987. He has in power for 37 years. Mr Mugabe was an important figure in Zimbabwe's fight for independence. Zimbabwe used to be Rhodesia and was a British colony. Mugabe a key part of the 1965-1980 civil war against British rule. This war lead to elections in 1980. Robert Mugabe and the Zanu party the elections by a landslide. Many people now happy his time as leader is to an end. One street protestor, Frank Mutsindikwa, 34, said: "I've been all my life for this day. Free at last. We free at last."