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| Zimbabwe anti-Mugabe protest: Police fire tear gas | Zimbabwe anti-Mugabe protest: Police fire tear gas |
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| Police in Zimbabwe have fired tear gas and water cannon at opposition supporters who had gathered for a protest march in the capital, Harare. | Police in Zimbabwe have fired tear gas and water cannon at opposition supporters who had gathered for a protest march in the capital, Harare. |
| They have also beaten up people wearing red T-shirts, the colour of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change party (MDC), a BBC reporter at the scene says. | They have also beaten up people wearing red T-shirts, the colour of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change party (MDC), a BBC reporter at the scene says. |
| Protesters are calling for electoral reform ahead of polls in 2018. | Protesters are calling for electoral reform ahead of polls in 2018. |
| President Robert Mugabe, 92, says he intends to stand again. | President Robert Mugabe, 92, says he intends to stand again. |
| Leaders from 18 opposition political parties called for Zimbabweans to march through Harare as part of a so-called "mega demonstration". | |
| The High Court ruled on Friday morning that the planned opposition march could go ahead, a day after police warned that unauthorised demonstrations would not be tolerated. | The High Court ruled on Friday morning that the planned opposition march could go ahead, a day after police warned that unauthorised demonstrations would not be tolerated. |
| Public protests have proliferated in recent months, focusing on the dire state of the country's economy. | |
| Most of these have come under the banner of the #ThisFlag movement, inspired by charismatic pastor Evan Mawarire, who has urged non-violent protest over perceived corruption and economic mismanagement | Most of these have come under the banner of the #ThisFlag movement, inspired by charismatic pastor Evan Mawarire, who has urged non-violent protest over perceived corruption and economic mismanagement |
| The country's economic crisis has worsened recently, leading to a chronic cash shortage and delays paying civil servants. | The country's economic crisis has worsened recently, leading to a chronic cash shortage and delays paying civil servants. |
| Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo blamed a demonstration that ended violently on Wednesday on foreign elements. | |
| "We cannot sit idly while our country is being torn apart by unruly foreign-sponsored agents," Zimbabwe's state-run Herald newspaper quotes him as saying. |