Updated @ 20.30
Robert Mugabe has defied expectations and vowed to stay on as the president of Zimbabwe.
Earlier, the country's ruling party, Zanu PF, had given the 93-year-old less than 24 hours to step down and warned that if he doesn't, he'll face impeachment.
But in an address on state TV, Mr Mugabe didn't discuss the possibility of resigning:
Sky's David Bowden is in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, and says it was an unexpected speech:***
Robert Mugabe has been dismissed as leader of Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party.
It has appointed former sacked vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa to replace him, in a widely expected move.
It follows threats from the leader of Zimbabwe's war veterans, in which he said officials would unleash the mob on the 93-year-old if he did not resign as president.
Mr Mugabe's wife Grace has also been dismissed from her political role.
Yesterday, thousands of protesters took to the streets in an unprecedented show of opposition to their president.
Earlier, Mr Mugabe's nephew struck a defiant tone, insisting his uncle and his wife Grace were "ready to die for what is correct" and that the embattled president had no intention of stepping down.
Speaking from a secret location in South Africa, Mr Mugabe's nephew, Patrick Zhuwao, told Reuters that his uncle had hardly slept since the military seized power on Wednesday.
He added that Mr Mugabe's health was "good" but he would not legitimise the "coup" that overthrew him.
