The account @zanu_pf was cited by Today programme and referred to as official by BBC World, for which it apologisedThe BBC and other news organisations have quoted an apparent parody Twitter account in their reporting of the military takeover in Zimbabwe. BBC World News later apologised for referring to it as the official account of Zanu-PF. In a tweet, BBC World said: “Earlier we mistakenly described @zanu_pf as the official account of Zimbabwe’s ruling party Zanu-PF. Psychology Maziwisa, a spokesman for the party, said on Twitter in 2013: “Whoever is running the Twitter handle @zanu_pf please contact me urgently, will you? It is not controlled by a faction.”A BBC spokesperson said: “BBC News is including appropriate health warnings when referencing it.

Source: The Guardian November 15, 2017 14:03 UTC