Editing History of Zimbabwe (section)

===2009–2017===
In January 2009, Morgan Tsvangirai announced that he would do as the leaders across Africa had insisted and join a coalition government as prime minister with his nemesis, President Robert Mugabe .<ref name="urlOpposition Party to Join Zimbabwe's Government - NYTimes.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/31/world/africa/31zimbabwe.html?hp |title=Opposition Party to Join Zimbabwe's Government - NYTimes.com |work=The New York Times |access-date=4 May 2010 |first=Celia W. |last=Dugger |date=31 January 2009 |archive-date=25 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325033603/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/31/world/africa/31zimbabwe.html?hp |url-status=live }}</ref> On 11 February 2009 Tsvangirai was sworn in as the [[Prime Minister of Zimbabwe]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7882762.stm|title=Tsvangirai sworn in Zimbabwe PM|date=11 February 2009|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=BBC|access-date=11 February 2009|location=London|archive-date=14 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214132601/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7882762.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7929136.stm |title=Zimbabwe PM and wife 'in crash' |work=BBC News |date=6 March 2009 |access-date=6 March 2009 |location=London |archive-date=7 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807074133/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7929136.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/news/tsvangirai-survives-accident/ |title=Zimbabwe PM wife dies |publisher=Zimbabwe Metro News |date=6 March 2009 |access-date=6 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511034120/http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/news/tsvangirai-survives-accident/ |archive-date=11 May 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> By 2009 inflation had peaked at 500 billion % per year under the Mugabe government and the Zimbabwe currency was worthless.<ref name =Economist072016/>  The opposition shared power with the Mugabe regime between 2009 and 2013, Zimbabwe switched to using the US dollar as currency and the economy improved reaching a growth rate of 10% per year.<ref name =Economist072016/>

In 2013 the Mugabe government won an election which The Economist described as "rigged,"<ref name =Economist072016>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21701779-imf-ready-throw-mugabe-regime-lifeline-bad-idea-bailing-out|title=Bailing out bandits|date=9 July 2016|newspaper=The Economist|issue=8997|volume=420|pages=43–44|issn=0013-0613|access-date=2016-07-08|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115035824/https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2016/07/09/bailing-out-bandits|url-status=live}}</ref> doubled the size of the civil service and embarked on "...misrule and dazzling corruption." However, the United Nations, African Union and SADC endorsed the elections as free and fair.<ref name =Economist072016/>
[[File:Zimbabwe_$100_000_000_000_000_2008_Obverse.jpg|thumb|2009 Zimbabwe $100 trillion banknote]]
By 2016 the economy had collapsed, [[2016 Zimbabwe protests|nationwide protests]] took place throughout the country<ref name="BBC2016">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36724874 |title=Zimbabwe 'shut down' over economic collapse |access-date=7 July 2016 |work=BBC News |archive-date=7 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707000011/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36724874 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the finance minister admitted "Right now we literally have nothing."<ref name="Economist072016" />
There was the introduction of bond notes to literally fight the biting cash crisis and liquidity crunch. Special Historical bonds was created to help the economy but never seen the light and was kept by the then President Robert Mugabe. Cash became scarce on the market in the year 2017.

On Wednesday 15 November 2017 [[2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état|the military placed President Mugabe under house arrest and removed him from power]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/world/africa/zimbabwe-mugabe-coup.html|title=Zimbabwe's Apparent Coup: What We Know|last=Ramzy|first=Austin|date=15 November 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-11-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=16 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116010324/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/world/africa/zimbabwe-mugabe-coup.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The military stated that the president was safe. The military placed tanks around government buildings in Harare and blocked the main road to the airport. Public opinion in the capital favored the dictators removal although they were uncertain about his replacement with another dictatorship.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/world/africa/zimbabwe-coup-mugabe.html|title=Robert Mugabe Under House Arrest as Rule Over Zimbabwe Teeters|last1=Moyo|first1=Jeffrey|date=15 November 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-11-16|last2=Onishi|first2=Norimitsu|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=16 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116050528/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/world/africa/zimbabwe-coup-mugabe.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[The Times]] reported that [[Emmerson Mnangagwa]] helped to orchestrate the coup. He had recently been sacked by Mr Mugabe so that the path could be smoothed for [[Grace Mugabe]] to replace her husband.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/mugabe-crushed-by-his-own-strongman-v0pm3wk6m|title=Mugabe crushed by his own strongman|first1=Jan|last1=Raath|first2=Harry|last2=Davies|first3=Aislinn|last3=Laing|date=16 November 2017|work=[[The Times]]|access-date=2017-11-16|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=16 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116075017/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mugabe-crushed-by-his-own-strongman-v0pm3wk6m|url-status=live}}</ref> A Zimbabwean army officer, Major General Sibusiso Moyo, went on television to say the military was targeting "criminals" around President Mugabe but not actively removing the president from power. However the head of the [[African Union]] described it as such.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42004816|title=Zimbabwe takeover 'seems like a coup'|date=15 November 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-11-16|language=en-GB|archive-date=29 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529042116/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42004816|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ugandan writer Charles Onyango-Obbo stated on [[Twitter]] "If it looks like a coup, walks like a coup and quacks like a coup, then it's a coup". Naunihal Singh, an assistant professor at the U.S. Naval War College and author of a book on military coups, described the situation in Zimbabwe as a coup. He tweeted that "'The President is safe' is a classic coup catch-phrase" of such an event.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/11/15/zimbabwe-when-a-coup-is-not-a-coup/|title=Analysis {{!}} Zimbabwe: When a coup is not a coup|last=Taylor|first=Adam|date=15 November 2017|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2017-11-16|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=16 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116050354/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/11/15/zimbabwe-when-a-coup-is-not-a-coup/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Robert Mugabe resigned 21 November 2017. Second Vice-president [[Phelekezela Mphoko]] became the Acting President.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.herald.co.zw/experts-clear-the-air-on-succession/ |title=Experts clear the air on succession |access-date=22 November 2017 |archive-date=23 November 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171123053949/http://www.herald.co.zw/experts-clear-the-air-on-succession/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Former Vice-president and new ZANU-PF -leader, [[Emmerson Mnangagwa]], was sworn in as president on 24 November 2017.<ref name=RTE2017-11-24a>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2017/1124/922496-zimbabwe/|title=Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa sworn in as president|date=24 November 2017|access-date=24 November 2017|website=[[RTÉ]]|quote=Zimbabwe’s Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in as the country’s president, bringing the final curtain down on the 37-year rule of Robert Mugabe.|archive-date=24 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124092643/https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2017/1124/922496-zimbabwe/|url-status=live}}</ref>