Zimbabwe has taken control of the country's army. The army announced the country's control after the state-wide Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBB) headquarters took over the political crisis. The BBC and Reuters reports that President Robert Mugabe is "safe and sound".
Meanwhile, unconfirmed sources are said to have fled Mugabe's wife, Grace Mugabe, from Zimbabwe. According to the British media Independent, Gees Mugabe escaped to Namibia. However, the owner of a newspaper said in the tweet that the president's wife is now in the capital Harare
BBC and AFP reported that military officials denied Zimbabwe's coup. Robert Mugabe, ruling for 37 years since 1980. The initiative has been taken to control the criminals around Mugab, according to the army. The President and his wife are safe, said the army.
From the office of neighboring South African President Jacob Puma, the army has called Mugabe 'house arrest'. Mugabe has told Puma that he is good. He was kept under house arrest. Army Chief General Constantino Changing President Mugabe, within 24 hours of warning of his team Jan-PF and allies, took positions in the important establishments of the capital. They took control of state television. The army was deployed in front of parliament. The troops were deployed in the streets of Harare. The army also took control of the police force. The noise of gunfire was found at Harare's north end on Wednesday. But it is not clear what happened there.
Who is this Grace Mugabe?
Mugabe's second wife, Grace Mugabe, 93 years old. She was the wife of Typist from Zimbabwe's president. Grace, 40, younger than Mugabe, gradually moved to the center of power. It was speculated that Grace Mugabe was in the forefront of being Mugabe's absence or the country's president when he died.
How the formula of the incident
The BBC said President Mugabe dismissed his Vice President Emerson Gangway last week. Then began the political crisis. So long as Gangway was considered to be the successor of Mugabe. But Mugabe has recently planned to replace his wife, Grace Mugabe. The Vice President was dismissed as part of this process. Gangway is quite popular with the army. Many people speculate as to the military action to place him at Mugabe's place. On Monday, Gangway also urged the army to take action.
Gangway escaped to South Africa after being fired It is known that he returned to the country on Wednesday morning after taking control of the army. Some media reports say Nangagwai will be announced as the next president.
After taking control, Maj Gen Rosebush Mayo said in a statement on state television that this is not a coup. Mugabe is safe. But there was nothing to say about where he was. The army officer hoped that the country would return to normalcy after their objective was achieved.
Mugabe is 93 years old. This African country is independent from the United Kingdom in the early eighties. Since then, Robert Mugabe has been in power. He has been accused of corruption for several years. But he was reluctant to leave the power.
South African President Jacob Puma has expressed optimism that the government will not change in the unconstitutional process in Zimbabwe. The European Union has urged all stakeholders to discuss the conflict. And the United States declared their embassy public to the public. The United Kingdom has issued tourism.