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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is insisting he can only be removed via a party leadership vote, political and intelligence sources told Reuters on Thursday.
Reuters reported that the resistance is coming even as a Catholic priest is mediating a potential political exit for the 93-year-old Zimbabwe leader.
The media and international community are uncertain of political development and the future of Mugabe in a country he has rule since independence.
Zimbabwe was on a knife’s edge on Thursday after the military seized power in what it dubbed a targeted operation against “criminals” in the entourage of President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled the southern African nation for almost four decades.
Local media reported South Africa’s defence and state security ministers, dispatched by President Jacob Zuma as regional envoys, arrived in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, on Wednesday night and were expected to meet both Mugabe and the military.
Their ultimate goal was not clear.
Separately, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who has been receiving cancer treatment outside Zimbabwe, returned to Harare late on Wednesday, a party spokesman said, fuelling speculation about a post-Mugabe political settlement.
- Reuters
Reuters reported that the resistance is coming even as a Catholic priest is mediating a potential political exit for the 93-year-old Zimbabwe leader.
The media and international community are uncertain of political development and the future of Mugabe in a country he has rule since independence.
Zimbabwe was on a knife’s edge on Thursday after the military seized power in what it dubbed a targeted operation against “criminals” in the entourage of President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled the southern African nation for almost four decades.
Local media reported South Africa’s defence and state security ministers, dispatched by President Jacob Zuma as regional envoys, arrived in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, on Wednesday night and were expected to meet both Mugabe and the military.
Their ultimate goal was not clear.
Separately, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who has been receiving cancer treatment outside Zimbabwe, returned to Harare late on Wednesday, a party spokesman said, fuelling speculation about a post-Mugabe political settlement.
- Reuters
