Harare — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Friday that the country "has moved on" in response to claims by former president Robert Mugabe that he was ousted in an illegal "coup d’état". Mnangagwa added in a short statement that he "noted recent remarks made to the media" by Mugabe who spoke to foreign journalists at a location in Harare on Thursday. It was Mugabe’s first public statement since his resignation in November, which was triggered by a brief military takeover and the threat of a no-confidence motion tabled in parliament by his own Zanu-PF party. "I say it was a coup d’état — some people have refused to call it a coup d’état," Mugabe told the SABC. "We must undo this disgrace, which we have imposed on ourselves, we don’t deserve it ... Zimbabwe doesn’t deserve it." Mnangagwa’s brief response, posted on his official Twitter account and bearing the seal of the presidency, added that Mugabe "is entitled to express himself freely, as is the case for any private c...
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