Tsvangirai warns of mass protests

Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai has warned that his supporters will take to the streets if his demands for free and fair elections are not met, the BBC's Shingai Nyoka reports from the capital, Harare.

Addressing his supporters on the outskirts of the central business district, Mr Tsvangirai accused the state of undermining the right of Zimbabweans to vote in next year's presidential and parliamentary elections, when he and his Movement for Democratic Change will once more try to end the long rule of President Robert Mugabe.

Previous elections have been marred by violence, intimidation and allegations of widespread rigging.

Zimbabwe's #ThisFlag movement pastor Evan Mawarire also addressed the crowd, saying Zimbabweans were longer afraid.

A court threw out charges of subversion against the pastor in July,

Mr Mawarire has been at the heart of a social media campaign denouncing the government's management of the economy.