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Thousands gather for massive protest in Harare
14 Apr 2016 at 10:46hrs | Views
Thousands of people mainly MDC-T supporters are slowly swelling at the assembly point for a massive protest in Harare.
Most of them are dressed in the MDC-T trademark red regalia.
MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora has arrived and is addressing the crowd, which has so far grown to over 4 000.
He mentions the main opposition party is demonstrating over the $15 billion diamond revenue that President Mugabe said was not accounted for. In addition, the MDC-T is protesting over the Zanu PF government's failure to provide the 2.2 million that it promised in 2013.
Another issue, Mwonzora says, is that of the country's poor human rights records, with focus on Itai Dzamara who was reportedly abducted last year and is yet to be found.
Police are said to have deployed water canons at Harare Magistrates court where thousands of MDC supporters are converged for the demo.
Some of the T-shirts here are inscribed "Where is my $15 billion?" -in reference to the money President Robert Mugabe said is missing from diamonds proceeds Despite earlier claims by police that there was not enough manpower, the uniformed forces – armed to the teeth, are littered all over the streets of Harare city centre.
Most of them are dressed in the MDC-T trademark red regalia.
MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora has arrived and is addressing the crowd, which has so far grown to over 4 000.
He mentions the main opposition party is demonstrating over the $15 billion diamond revenue that President Mugabe said was not accounted for. In addition, the MDC-T is protesting over the Zanu PF government's failure to provide the 2.2 million that it promised in 2013.
Another issue, Mwonzora says, is that of the country's poor human rights records, with focus on Itai Dzamara who was reportedly abducted last year and is yet to be found.
Police are said to have deployed water canons at Harare Magistrates court where thousands of MDC supporters are converged for the demo.
Some of the T-shirts here are inscribed "Where is my $15 billion?" -in reference to the money President Robert Mugabe said is missing from diamonds proceeds Despite earlier claims by police that there was not enough manpower, the uniformed forces – armed to the teeth, are littered all over the streets of Harare city centre.
Source - Byo24News
