Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe and his wife have been granted immunity from prosecution, the military said today, allowing the couple to remain in the country.

Colonel Overson Mugwisi, a spokesman for the Zimbabwean Defense Forces, told CNN News that an agreement had been reached with Mugabe that included immunity and a guarantee of safety for the former leader and his wife, Grace Mugabe.

Mugabe resigned on Tuesday, in a historic moment that brought his 37 years of oppressive rule to an end.

The former leader has been accused of ordering a string of massacres in the early to mid-1980s in opposition strongholds to consolidate his power, in which up to 20,000 people were killed.

He has also long been accused of corruption to finance his lavish lifestyle, as his government drove the once-prosperous nation into economic ruin and poverty.

Mugabe’s former right-hand man, Emmerson Mnangagwa, returned to the country yesterday to take the reins as interim president, promising to take the country into a “new and unfolding democracy.”

Known as “The Crocodile”, he is accused of orchestrating the massacres in the 1980s, an allegation he denies.

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