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We're ending our coverage of events in Zimbabwe, where Robert Mugabe's successor has returned from exile promising to rebuild the country.

Here are some of Emmerson Mnangagwa's key quotes delivered to cheering crowds at the ruling party headquarters this evening in Harare:

You can keep up-to-date with developments on Zimbabwe on the BBC News website and download the Africa Today podcast later to hear snippets and analysis of the speech.

We'll be back tomorrow at 09:00 GMT.

And we leave you with another photo of the cuddly crocodile Zanu-PF supporters have been carrying around today - a reference to Mr Mnangagwa's nickname:

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Botswana's President Ian Khama has told the BBC that he doesn't have any sympathy for Robert Mugabe, who resigned yesterday as Zimbabwe's leader.

Botwana, like other nations in southern Africa, hosts thousands of Zimbabweans who have fled their home for jobs and a better life.

President Khama did not mince his words:

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Former President Robert Mugabe has rejected an offer of exile from Zambia, according to the privately owned Zambia reports website, external.

The news site reports Zambia's President Edgar Lungu as saying:

Zambia Reports adds that President Lungu warned that Zimbabwe's military, whose intervention eventually led to Mr Mugabe's resignation, should now "return to their barracks":

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Zimbabwe’s President-to-be Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has finished his speech, revealed that he had been in constant contact with the military since their takeover last week.

He also pointed to the reason for their intervention, saying that orders were being given to the government from people outside the executive – a veiled reference to Grace Mugabe, the former first lady.

A Zimbabwean journalist who lives in exile in South Africa says Mr Mnangagwa's performance was promising:

Emmerson Mnangagwa, who thanked the crowd for waiting for him for so long, has said “the will of the people will always succeed”.

Zimbabwe's president-to-be has also thanked the speaker of parliament, the army and other officials who have helped him over the last week.

Robert Mugabe's successor then went on to address the state of the economy, saying all Zimbabweans needed to come together:

This was greeted by a huge roar the crowd.

He went on to say Zimbabwe needed the corporation of Africa – to grow the economy.

Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe's president-to-be, said he had to flee as he was going to be "eliminated" by Robert Mugabe's government:

He then went on to refer to a previous attempt to eliminate him:

Zimbabwe's president-to-be is now being introduced to the cheering crowd at Zanu-PF party headquarters.

The BBC's Stanley Kwenda in the capital, Harare, says they have been chanting the song of the moment Kutonga Kwaro – meaning to “rule properly” – as they wait.

The speaker says it's a historic moment and he's thanked them for their patience - some have been waiting for hours to greet Emmerson Mnangagwa, known by his nickname "the crocodile".

This is a screengrab of the speaker, you can see Mr Mnangagwa to his right with his fist raised:

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South African politician Mbhazima Shilowa has tweeted a wry comment about the way Zimbabweans name their children - often to reflect the mood or circumstance of the family at the time of birth.

Here's his list of names that might turn up on birth certificates soon.

A South African journalist has replied with his own suggestion - "Crocodile", or its Shona equivalent "Ngwena" - a reference to the nickname of Zimbabwe's President-to-be Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Read more: Africa's naming traditions

A CNN journalist has tweeted a video of the cavalcade of Zimbabwe's president-to-be in the capital, Harare:

Emmerson Mnangagwa, who will be sworn as president on Friday following Robert Mugabe's resignation, has landed back in Harare and is due to address his supporters soon.

People in Zimbabwe's capital Harare are pinning prayers and messages of hope to trees in the city's parks.

One reads:

Another person's wish reads:

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Today's editorial in Zimbabwe's state-run Herald newspaper, entitled "Dawn of a new era", warns President-to-be Emmerson Mnangagwa, external that Zimbabweans now have high expectations.

It says the events of the last week - including a mass demonstration against Robert Mugabe on Saturday and the celebrations over his subsequent resignation yesterday - mean "some things have changed, forever".

More than 70% of Zimbabweans are under 35, according to the last census.

Another thing Zimbabwe's new leaders need to acknowledge is the remarkable unity on show over the last few days, the editorial says.

The Herald also notes that that Mr Mnangagwa won't be able to hang on to power like Mr Mugabe as the new constitution, introduced a few years ago, has a two-term limit for presidents.

South Africa's Eyewitness News has shared this video showing huge crowds of people gathering outside Zanu-PF's party headquarters in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.

They are waiting to hear President-to-be Emmerson Mnangagwa address the nation for first time since Robert Mugabe's resignation yesterday.

More pictures are coming in of Zanu-PF supporters in the capital, Harare, with a toy crocodile, a reference to the nickname given to Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe's president-to-be.

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During the struggle for independence, Mr Mnangagwa let a group of fighters known as the "crocodile gang".

His nickname also reflects his political shrewdness - and his Zanu-PF faction is known as "Lacoste".

Some Zimbabweans are removing their ex-president's portrait from positions of prominence in public buildings.

Images and videos of people binning portraits of Robert Mugabe, who resigned yesterday, are being widely shared on social media, as Zimbabweans enjoy a symbolic act of defiance they could have scarcely have imagined doing a week ago.

A Twitter account that monitors the media in Zimbabwe has posted a photo of Emmerson Mnangagwa's arrival at an airbase in the capital, Harare:

A marching band, which included some giant sousaphones, was pictured earlier at the base as people waited for Zimbabwe's incoming president:

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BBC Africa, Harare

The stage at Zanu-PF's headquarters in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, is being readied for President-to-be Emmerson Mnangagwa to speak.

Proceedings should start in about 30 minutes - and supporters are assembling outside.

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Meet the Zimbabweans who say that former First Lady Grace Mugabe seized their land.

One woman, Helen, told BBC correspondent Andrew Harding:

When asked what he would say to Grace Mugabe if she appeared, a man named Innocent said:

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What can get Zimbabwe's finances off life-support and into recovery mode?

Matthew Davies, editor of the BBC's Africa Business Report programme, says the country urgently needs these five measures:

• Cash injection
• Dump damaging policies and stamp out corruption
• Negotiate with foreign lenders
• Create the conditions to reduce unemployment and entice the diaspora to return
• Create its own currency

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Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned from South Africa.

He is expected to give an address at the governing Zanu-PF party's headquarters in Harare at 16:00 GMT.

The people who had gathered at the Manyame airbase waiting to welcome back Emmerson Mnangagwa – Zimbabwe’s president-to-be – have been taken to the ruling Zanu-PF party’s headquarters in the capital, Harare.

The BBC's Sophie Ribstein in the city says it looks like officials want them to be there when Mr Mnangagwa gives an address after his arrival back from South Africa, where he fled after he was sacked two weeks ago.

According to the state broadcaster, he may arrive at 16:00 GMT.

Someone in the crowds at the Zanu-PF HQ is actually holding a toy crocodile, in reference to Mr Mnangagwa's nickname:

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