Before, They Were Beaten. Now Zimbabwe Protesters Are Shot
- Army deployed to quell street protests over economic crisis
- Zimbabwean army says it’s not responsible for shootings
Protesters near Harare on Jan. 14.
Photographer: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP via Getty Images
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The Zimbabwean military’s move to end Robert Mugabe’s almost four-decade reign in 2017 sent jubilant crowds pouring into the streets of the capital hoping for better times after years of economic stagnation and repression. In the ensuing months, those dreams have been dashed.
Since Emmerson Mnangagwa, 76, was installed as the new president, 18 people have been killed during protests, a dozen of them last week alone in demonstrations over the more than doubling of fuel prices to the highest in the world, according to the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights.