Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa outlived an explosion at a ruling ZANU-PF party rally on Saturday, his spokesman disclosed, adding that he had been taken to safety after the incident.

 “The president was evacuated successfully. He is at state house in Bulawayo,” said Mnangagwa’s spokesman George Charamba.

“We suspect it’s an explosion, certainly it was close to the VVIP stage.”

(AFP)