Mugabe deputy flees Zimbabwe
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - He was one of Zimbabwe's most powerful men: right-hand man to President Robert Mugabe with strong links to the security services.
But Emmerson Mnangagwa's fall and sudden removal as vice president was swift after he ran afoul of Mugabe's ambitious wife, Grace, who recently called him a "snake" whose head must be crushed.
Zimbabwe faces economic paralysis and critical shortages of hard currency as members of the ruling ZANU-PF party exchange accusations of witchcraft, poisoning, assassination plots, treachery and the theft of billions of dollars in diamond wealth.
