‘Surely Zimbabweans would want to see Robert Mugabe answer in court for what he has done. Surely they would yearn for justice?’ Photograph: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images
- Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, has been placed under house arrest by the military
- Soldiers seized the state broadcaster, ZBC
- The military insists this is not a coup, and the civilian government is still intact
- The African Union president, however, said: “it seems like a coup”
- There has been no direct comment from President Mugabe, nor his wife Grace – who lies at the centre of the row