In his inaugural address, Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised elections would be held next year as scheduled.
He also outlined a broad vision for restoring economic and financial stability.
Mnangagwa, who took over from Robert
Mugabe
after a military intervention, also told a packed national stadium in Harare that Zimbabwe was ready to re-engage with the outside world but said its land reform process could not be reversed.
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Taking his oath of office, the 75-year-old known as the Crocodile vowed to uphold the constitution of the former British colony and protect the rights of all
Zimbabwe's 16 million citizens.
He also acknowledged there had been "errors" under Mugabe and
hailed the "voice of the people" during the dramatic ascent to power.
But some wonder whether a man who loyally served Mugabe for decades can bring deep change to a ruling establishment accused of systematic abuses of human rights and disastrous economic policies.
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