JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki on Saturday accepted a demand from his own party to resign, effectively ending a nine-year rule marked by economic prosperity but marred by allegations of abuse of power.
The African National Congress's decision to remove Mbeki, favoured by investors for his pro-business policies, capped years of infighting sparked by his 2005 firing of former deputy president Jacob Zuma in a corruption scandal.
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