JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki has accepted the ruling African National Congress's request to resign, his office said on Saturday.
The ANC's decision to remove Mbeki, who was favoured by investors for his pro-business policies, came after years of infighting sparked by his 2005 firing of then deputy president Jacob Zuma in a corruption scandal.
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