Zimbabwe's ruling party has expelled a former top official and ally of President Robert Mugabe, the party announced late Wednesday, in an apparent purge targeting allies of ex-deputy president Joice Mujuru.
Didymus Mutasa, a former secretary for administration in Mugabe's ZANU-PF and one-time speaker of parliament, was accused along with Mujuru of plotting to oust the 90-year-old leader.