Gen Constantino Chiwenga issues demands after vice-president was sacked following a clash with Grace MugabeZimbabwe’s army chief has demanded a halt to the purge in the ruling Zanu-PF party after the sacking of vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa, and warned the military could intervene. Mnangagwa’s main rivals within the ruling Zanu-PF party are the younger Generation 40 or G40 group, which has Grace Mugabe’s support. He launched a direct challenge to Mugabe by calling for members of the ruling party to desert the president. Facebook Twitter Pinterest President Robert Mugabe addressing party members with his wife, Grace. He also called on the ruling party officials to “stop reckless utterance … denigrating the military, which is causing alarm and despondency within the rank and file”.

Source: The Guardian November 13, 2017 18:17 UTC