Mnangagwa returns to Zimbabwe after protest crackdown: state TV

Jan 22, 2019

Police and soldiers launched a large-scale operation against suspected protestors, activists and organisers of the strike last week, which was triggered by a sharp rise in fuel prices.

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has landed back in Harare, state television said Tuesday, after he cut short a foreign tour over nationwide protests that were met with a brutal security crackdown.
 
Police and soldiers launched a large-scale operation against suspected protestors, activists and organisers of the strike last week, which was triggered by a sharp rise in fuel prices.
 
At least 12 people were killed and 78 treated for gunshot injuries, according to the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, which recorded more than 240 incidents of assault and torture.
 
"I am happy that the country is quiet. Our people should concentrate on their work," Mnangagwa said after landing late on Monday night. "There are channels of communication. We want Zimbabwe developed."
 
The Zimbabwe High Court ruled Monday that government had no powers to order the shutdown of the internet which was imposed as protests swept across the country.
 
Handing down judgement in a case brought by human rights lawyers and journalists, judge Owen Tagu said "it has become very clear that the minister had no authority to make that directive".
 
Internet and social media appeared to be returning to normal on Tuesday morning.
 
 
 
   

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