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Zimbabwe: Another huge protest planned for today─── 07:47 Wed, 31 Aug 2016
Harare - Another huge protest has been planned in Zimbabwe today with the stated intention of forcing the country’s 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe to step down amid a worsening economic meltdown.
Coordinators of the protests insist they are going ahead with the planned protests despite the spectre of police heavy-handedness.
One of the leaders of protest action, Promise Mkwananzi, was arrested in connection with last week’s protests that culminated in the setting alight of vehicles and market stalls in the capital city, Harare.
Mkwananzi appeared in court on Monday but was denied bail. As many as 67 people, including an old woman and a journalist, were injured during the protests.
Another protest co-ordinator, Hardlife Mudzingwa, says the shutdown protests are set to take place in Zimbabwe’s major cities, including Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Mutare and Masvingo.
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