Post by robeiae on Nov 15, 2017 9:37:50 GMT -5
Mugabe is under house arrest, the military is in control of the government (and most of Zimbabwe's media), but it's not a coup:
More here: www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41994183
It's tough, I think, to really assess this from the outside, because it could very much be as the military leaders are saying: a bunch of people around Mugabe are taking advantage of their positions and are going to screw over the country in the transition that was on the horizon. It could also be that a bunch of military leaders saw an opportunity and took it.
More here: www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41994183
It's tough, I think, to really assess this from the outside, because it could very much be as the military leaders are saying: a bunch of people around Mugabe are taking advantage of their positions and are going to screw over the country in the transition that was on the horizon. It could also be that a bunch of military leaders saw an opportunity and took it.
