Get in touch with us using the hashtag beyond one hundred days. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. This is the first day since 1980 that Robert Mugabe has not been fully in charge in zimbabwe hes under house arrest and the military says its temporarily ta ken control of the country. His fate is still uncertain and the army says this isnt a coup but today at least he clearly isnt running the country. The military says it wants to remove criminals around the 93 year old head of state. They may mean the president s wife, grace, whos been on a power grab of her own recently, apparently with the aim of assuming her husbands job when he eventually moves on. But mrs mugabe, whos now in namibia, was not a Freedom Fighter and she doesnt command the respect her husband earned through years of Armed Struggle against british colonisers. Heres the latest from our zimbabwe correspondent, shingai nyoka. This is what zimbabweans woke up to this morning, tan
We start the programme in zimbabwe, where the army has taken over and where one of the giants of african politics, president Robert Mugabe, is thought to be under house arrest. The whereabouts of his wife grace mugabe is not clear. Its been a tumultuous 2a hours in the country. These are the pictures we brought to you on os at around this time last night. They show Army Vehicles on the streets near the capital. We also reported that the Ruling Zanu Pf Party had accused the countrys army chief of treasonable conduct. General Constantine Chiwenga had challenged president mugabe after he sacked the Vice President. A lot has happened since then. Early this morning, the army was on the airwaves as well as the streets. Troops entered the headquarters of the National Broadcaster zbc, and Major General Sibusiso Moyo read out a statement on national television. Zimbabweans were told that while there hadnt been a coup, the army was in now charge. We wish to assure the nation that his excellency
There is a calm but tense atmosphere on the streets as zimbabwes capital, harare, tonight. On the streets of zimbabwes capital, harare, tonight. The countrys president , Robert Mugabe, is under house arrest after the military took control of the city and the state broadcaster in the early hours of wednesday morning. It insisted it was not a coup but an attempt to deal with what it described as criminals around the 93 year old leader. Laura westbrook has the latest. What would have been unthinkable only a few weeks ago has happened president mugabe, the worlds oldest leader, has lost control of the country he has ruled for 37 years. The military denied staging a coup, but it is clear that Robert Mugabe is no longer calling the shots. Zimbabwes ruling party, the zanu pf, were emphatic. President mugabe is still in power. Hes the man in charge of zimbabwe, officially, right now. A lot has happened. But what has not happened is a coup. The language is important and key regional bloc the Af
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