Zimbabwe crisis: African Union chief says 'will never accept military coup'
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Published: Nov 16, 2017, 24:06 IST | Updated: Nov 16, 2017, 24:06 IST
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'We demand respect for the constitution, a return to the constitutional order and we will never accept the military coup d'etat,' Alpha Conde said in an interview with French journalists in Paris
The head of the African Union said Thursday that the body "will never accept the military coup d'etat" in Zimbabwe.
"We demand respect for the constitution, a return to the constitutional order and we will never accept the military coup d'etat," Alpha Conde said in an interview with French journalists in Paris. (Also Read -Zimbabwe's Mugabe resisting army pressure to quit: Intelligence source)
"We know there are internal problems. They need to be resolved politically by the ZANU-PF party and not with an intervention by the army," added Conde, who is also Guinea's president.