Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe attends a university graduation ceremony, making a defiant first public appearance since the military takeover that appeared to signal the end of his 37-year reign.

President Robert Mugabe is under house arrest in Zimbabwe, South African President Jacob Zuma said in a statement today after the Zimbabwean military appeared to have taken control of the country, AFP reports.

The head of the World Health Organization says that he has been "rethinking" his decision to name Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador, as global outrage over the move mounted.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe reads out the wrong speech at the opening of parliament.