20 Jan 2019

Violence in Zimbabwe during major crackdown on fuel protests

From The Weekend , 8:12 am on 20 January 2019

Police in Zimbabwe this week rounded up hundreds after violent protests over high fuel prices; human rights groups say 12 have been killed, and beatings widely reported. The demonstrations were triggered by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to steeply increase fuel prices last week. He had promised to repair the struggling economy after he replaced long-time leader Robert Mugabe following a coup in November 2017. Tendai Marima, a freelance journalist and researcher based in Zimbabwe, provides analysis.