2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état

===Saturday, 18 November===
[[File:Citizens In the Streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, November 19, 2017.jpg|thumb|Citizens in the streets of Harare, 19 November 2017]]
There were well-attended and exuberant but peaceful public demonstrations in Harare and in all major towns in the country, supporting the actions of the army and celebrating the apparent end of Mugabe's presidency. Demonstrators also massed outside his office calling on him to quit.<ref>{{cite news|title=Zimbabwe latest: Thousands celebrate end of Mugabe era|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42035981|publisher=BBC|date=18 November 2017|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726215423/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42035981|url-status=live}}</ref> Protesters booed and jeered a motorcade that left Mugabe's residence, although a security source stated that Mugabe was not travelling.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-politics-motorcade-mugabe/zimbabwes-mugabe-not-in-motorcade-that-left-his-residence-source-idUSKBN1DI0MS |title= Zimbabwe's Mugabe not in motorcade that left his residence: source |work= Reuters |date= 18 November 2017 |access-date= 18 November 2017 |archive-date= 18 November 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171118223202/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-politics-motorcade-mugabe/zimbabwes-mugabe-not-in-motorcade-that-left-his-residence-source-idUSKBN1DI0MS |url-status= live }}</ref>