Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe appears in public

By Jeffrey Moyo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AA) - President Robert Mugabe Friday appeared in public in capital Harare for the first time since the military moved against him Tuesday.

Mugabe was spotted at a graduation ceremony at the Zimbabwe Open University.

Earlier on Thursday, he had appeared in a picture with the generals who were said to be behind the military intervention.

According to some analysts, the army wants to gives an impression that everything was “normal” in the country.

Mugabe and his family were said to be detained at home after army took charge of the country.

Early Friday, the Zimbabwe Defense Forces said progress had been made in the ongoing negotiations with the president, which was reportedly urging him to face the reality that it was over for him and he must step down.