"His exit feels like part of a generational shift, following that of Africa's longest-serving president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola, earlier this year. There are still some aging multidecade strongmen hanging on to power, such as Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equitorial Guinea, Paul Biya of Cameroon, and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, and some younger leader like Rwanda's Paul Kagame and the Democratic Republic of Congo's Joseph Kabila, who seem in no hurry to ever step down, but peaceful transfers of power are becoming more common. Let's just hope the next generation's reigns are better--and shorter."
Joshua Keating at Slate marks the end of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe.
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