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Zimbabwe's President, Robert Mugabe, is said to be under house arrest, after troops took control of the capital, Harare. The army insist they have not staged a coup.

Sue Onslow has co-written a biography of Robert Mugabe. As she tells Radio 4's PM programme, he only came to power "because of luck, ill judgement, and rivalry amongst his colleagues". She added "he is a supreme political operator... who relied on alliances with the liberation forces and the military structures".

(Photo: President Robert Mugabe. Credit: Getty Images)