Zimbabwe: the coup that wasn't
The military took control - but to support one faction of the ruling party over another. They didn't want the president's wife Grace Mugabe to take power.
The military took control - but to support one faction of the ruling party over another. They didn't want the president's wife Grace to take power. Also in this programme/podcast: smog hits Delhi - hard; Venezuela is declared to be defaulting on some of its foreign debts; and why facts no longer seem to matter in Western politics.
(Photo: A vendor picks up a copy of the Zimbabwean state newspaper The Herald reporting the military's statement after it took power.
Credit: Reuters)
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