Nation takes to the streets in massive Zimbabwe protests sparked by poor economic climate

Rioters battle with Zimbabwean police in Harare. Photograph: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP The leader of popular protests in Zimbabwe has called on the international community to put pressure on the government of the 92-year-old autocrat Robert Mugabe to “listen to its own citizens”, and threatened further demonstrations. Protests paralysed much of the southern African nation last week after…

A man in Bulawayo where protesters have clashed with police (Picture: Getty) No longer scared to speak out against Robert Mugabe’s decades-long oppressive rule, people have been taking to the streets. The battered economy means banks have run short of cash, government salaries have not been paid and basic imports have been banned. Added to that…