National Security Council

National Security Council (NSC) of Zimbabwe has debunked rumours of an impending military coup, saying the country is stable.

The NSC at a maiden news conference accused allies of the late former leader Robert Mugabe and some opposition officials for peddling the rumour.

Zimbabwe’s worst economic crisis in more than a decade and rising public anger have stoked concern the military, which ended Mugabe’s more than three-decades rule in November 2017, might step in again.

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Giving its first news conference since being formed in 2013, the NSC said speculation was intensifying that Mugabe allies …