"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”,
Though the Chief of staff says "We are only targeting criminals around him who are committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the country in order to bring them to justice."As soon as we have accomplished our mission we expect that the situation will return to normalcy."The address came hours after several loud explosions echoed across central Harare and troops seized the headquarters of the ZBC, Zimbabwe's state broadcaster."Although it doesn’t look like a coup, it is a coup,” "
Mugabe has been in power since 1980!! What are your thoughts on this incident?