Lorried troops entering the capital of Harare, explosions heard, seizure of state television: If it looks like a coup and sounds like a coup...Ninety-three year old top banana Robert Mugabe in the banana republic fired his vice banana and accused the head of the military of treason (Note to Trump). And Mugabe has not been heard from.
*Updated: MAYBE NOT! This from AFP:
AFP news agency
@AFP
#BREAKING Zimbabwe military officers deny coup in state TV address
9:26 PM · Nov 14, 2017
siddhartha mitter
@siddhmi
I don't know what's happening in Zimbabwe but there's a very coup-like speech getting broadcast right now on Radio Zimbabwe:
9:00 on Nov. 14, 2017
Jeffrey Smith
@Smith_JeffreyT
Friend in #Zimbabwe: "The army is now on state television. Chiwenga [head of the armed forces] has taken over." Brace yourselves, folks.
9:02 PM · Nov 14, 2017
Replying to @johnedwinmason Doesn't sound like a pure coup. Something more ambiguous...
9:03 PM · Nov 14, 2017
But maybe!
ubuntugraphy.com
@ubuntugraphy
A MILITARY COUP HAS JUST HAPPENED IN ZIMBABWE! GENERALS SPEECH CONTINUOUSLY BEING REPEATED ON RADIO AND STATE TELEVISION.
9:07 PM · Nov 14, 2017
Dewa Mavhinga
@dewamavhinga
#Zimbabwe Military now in charge, say they are targeting criminals around Mugabe but Mugabe and family are safe.
0:44
9:17 PM · Nov 14, 2017
Jonathan Rosenthal
@rosenthal_jon
zimbabwe coup now seems to be genuine. Just called by a contact there. Generals are on the TV. Sounds of gunshots from neighbourhood where Mugabe lives.
*Updated: MAYBE NOT! This from AFP:
AFP news agency
@AFP
#BREAKING Zimbabwe military officers deny coup in state TV address
9:26 PM · Nov 14, 2017
siddhartha mitter
@siddhmi
I don't know what's happening in Zimbabwe but there's a very coup-like speech getting broadcast right now on Radio Zimbabwe:
9:00 on Nov. 14, 2017
Jeffrey Smith
@Smith_JeffreyT
Friend in #Zimbabwe: "The army is now on state television. Chiwenga [head of the armed forces] has taken over." Brace yourselves, folks.
9:02 PM · Nov 14, 2017
Replying to @johnedwinmason Doesn't sound like a pure coup. Something more ambiguous...
9:03 PM · Nov 14, 2017
But maybe!
ubuntugraphy.com
@ubuntugraphy
A MILITARY COUP HAS JUST HAPPENED IN ZIMBABWE! GENERALS SPEECH CONTINUOUSLY BEING REPEATED ON RADIO AND STATE TELEVISION.
9:07 PM · Nov 14, 2017
Dewa Mavhinga
@dewamavhinga
#Zimbabwe Military now in charge, say they are targeting criminals around Mugabe but Mugabe and family are safe.
0:44
9:17 PM · Nov 14, 2017
Jonathan Rosenthal
@rosenthal_jon
zimbabwe coup now seems to be genuine. Just called by a contact there. Generals are on the TV. Sounds of gunshots from neighbourhood where Mugabe lives.
9:20 PM · Nov 14, 2017
HELD: By a preponderance of evidence edging toward beyond reasonable doubt, there is a coup d'etat underway in Zimbabwe.
HELD: By a preponderance of evidence edging toward beyond reasonable doubt, there is a coup d'etat underway in Zimbabwe.
