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This file photo taken on Dec.
17, 2016 shows Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe speaking at the party`s annual conference in Masvingo.
(Photo: JEKESAI NJIKIZANA, AFP/Getty Images)HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has described his wife Grace, an increasingly political figure, as ?fireworks? in an interview marking his 93rd birthday.
Mugabe also repeats his pledge to stand in elections in 2018.
In an interview shown late Monday on state broadcaster ZBC, Mugabe says the women?s wing of the ruling ZANU-PF party chose Grace Mugabe as its head because of her political ambitions.
Grace Mugabe has defended her husband against critics who say it is time for him to step down, saying the ruling party should field him as a corpse if he dies before elections next year.