Zimbabwe's ruling party has sacked Robert Mugabe as its leader, as pressure intensifies for him to step down as president, according to the BBC.
Protesters demanding the abolition of parliamentary immunity, the creation of an anti-corruption court and introduction of amendments to electoral legislation set up tents outside the Verkhovna Rada on Hrushevskoho Street in front of Ploshcha Konstytutsii ("Constitution Square") according to an UNIAN correspondent.