Zimbabwe Army Chief Warns Against Mugabe Purges - VIDEO

Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces General Constantine Chiwenga has warned those responsible for "purging" the country's ruling Zanu-PF party to stop, or the military will step in. The rare intervention comes just a week after President Robert Mugabe sacked his deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa.

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Army General Chiwenga (file photo).

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