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Zimbabwe army seizes control in apparent coup

By Duncan Mil

November 15, 2017 - Zimbabwe’s army has seized control of the country and detained 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe but denied that it is a coup.

On November 6, Mugabe sacked vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa, clearing the way for his 52-year-old wife Grace Mugabe to succeed him as president.

Just 24 hours after army chief General Constantino Chiwenga threatened to intervene to end a purge of Mnangagwa and his allies in Mugabe’s ZANU-PF, soldiers overran ZBC, Zimbabwe's state broadcaster.

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PUBLISHED: 15/11/2017; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Associated Press
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