Mugabe’s Refusal to Resign Is Stalling Zimbabwe’s Transition
- Coup planned weeks ago, accelerated when Mugabe fired deputy
- Military will work with ruling party, opposition groups
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe held direct talks with the leader of a group of generals who took power early Wednesday and is urging him to end his 37-year rule of the southern African nation.
The state-owned Herald newspaper published photographs on Thursday showing Mugabe, 93, meeting with armed forces commander Constantino Chiwenga at State House. The state-owned Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corp. confirmed their meeting. Father Fidelis Mukonori, a prominent Catholic priest, is mediating the talks, which include officials from neighboring South Africa.