Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed ​into law legislation that extends his ‌term in office by two years to 2030, government spokesperson Nick Mangwana said on ​Tuesday.

• Both houses of the Southern African nation's ​parliament approved the bill last month.
• "Signed, sealed ⁠and delivered – it is now law," ​Mangwana said in a post on X, ​with a copy of the legislation attached to it.
• The bill includes a provision for the president ​to be elected by parliament rather ​than by direct popular vote.
• Signs that Mnangagwa, 83, ‌wanted ⁠to remain in power beyond the end of his second term in 2028 first emerged about two years ago, when ​his supporters ​began ⁠chanting slogans at ZANU-PF rallies calling for more time for ​him to complete his agenda.
• The ruling ​ZANU-PF ⁠party last year adopted a resolution to amend the constitution and extend presidential ⁠terms, ​a proposal that received ​cabinet backing in February.