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 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - President Robert Mugabe's party nominated him as its candidate for president in voting next year, demonstrating the 83-year-old veteran's hold over the main party despite Zimbabwe's economic collapse.
During a Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front conference Thursday, all 10 of the party's provincial bodies backed Mugabe. Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980 and earlier this year thwarted challenges from internal rivals. The elections are scheduled for March.
Mugabe told his party faithful in the opening ceremony broadcast on state television and radio he would not abandon them or the people in hard times.
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