Zimbabwe crisis: Army ‘secures’ Robert Mugabe and takes control of Harare – latest news
Peta Thornycroft, Chris Graham, and Louis Emanuel
The military has taken over Zimbabwe, placing President Robert Mugabe under house arrest and detaining senior government officials in what many are expecting to be the beginning of a transition of power.
Military officials denied carrying out a coup as it took over the state TV and broadcast a message insisting the president and his wife were “secure”, adding that they were targeting a ring of government plotters following a power struggle that saw the vice-president flee the country last week.