Zimbabwe’s president in touch with opposition to find a solution to protests
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Thursday that he had been in touch with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa (of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance) to find a solution around the protests that claimed lives in Harare on Wednesday. Through his official Twitter account Mnangagwa said calm should return to the streets through progressive dialogue. "We have been in communication with Nelson Chamisa to discuss how to immediately diffuse the situation‚ and we must maintain this dialogue in order to protect the peace we hold dear‚" he tweeted. But speaking at a media conference on Wednesday night‚ home affairs minister Obert Mpofu warned that the government was prepared to clamp down on unruly elements. "We have the necessary legal power and enough personnel to deal with unruly elements in our society and if people want to test our patience‚ then they will be very disappointed; very disappointed." One of the people who was killed by bullets sprayed by the Zimbabw...
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