Robert Mugabe Under House Arrest

Zimbabwe's military has taken control of the country saying it is targeting the president's allies, but not the president himself. The army's intervention was triggered by a power struggle to succeed Mr Mugabe between his wife, Grace, and Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was sacked as Vice-President last week.

Also in the programme: Africa's richest woman, Isabel Dos Santos, has been sacked as the head of Angola's state oil company; and the rise of poppy cultivation in Afghanistan.

Photo: Troops on patrol in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare. Credit: AFP