Zimbabwe’s military placed its president Robert Mugabe under house arrest, took over state TV and filled the streets of the capital with military tanks. While it is being deemed a coup, the military has avoided calling it one. Successors have been vying for the elderly 93-year-old Mugabe’s seat, with some experts saying the military may try to replace him with his fired deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa. We get the latest on the takeover.
Guests:
Andrew Meldrum, assistant Africa editor, Associated Press
James Robbins, diplomatic correspondent, BBC
Horace G. Campbell, chair of African studies at the Institute of African Studies, University of Legon, Ghana