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Zimbabwe Crisis: Army Takeover

The military has taken control but said President Robert Mugabe was safe.

The army has seized power, with military vehicles patrolling the streets of the capital Harare. A general appeared on state TV saying the 93 year-old President Robert Mugabe was safe, and denying there was a coup.

(Picture: Zimbabwe Major General Sibusiso Moyo reading a statement at the ZBC broadcast studio in Harare, Credit: DEWA MAVHINGA/AFP/Getty)

23 minutes

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Wed 15 Nov 201711:06GMT

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  • Wed 15 Nov 201711:06GMT