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Zimbabwe - Opposition leader arrested after protests against Mugabe
AFP via translation | March 11, 2007

Posted on 03/11/2007 7:14:58 AM PDT by HAL9000

via translation -

The chief of the Zimbabwean opposition stopped to Harare

HARARE - The principal one directing Zimbabwean opposition Morgan Tsvangirai was stopped Sunday after dispersion by the police force of a demonstration against president Robert Mugabe, one learned near his party, the Movement for the democratic change (MDC).

“The president of the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai, was stopped this afternoon in the shopping centre of Machipisa with several of his collaborators”, stated in AFP a spokesman of the MDC, Luke Tamborinyoka.

Its arrest took place close to the shantytown of Highfields where the demonstration was dispersed by the police force which also challenged tens of people including four members of Parliament of the opposition.



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; mdc; mugabe; tsvangirai; zimbabwe

1 posted on 03/11/2007 7:15:04 AM PDT by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

Bump!


2 posted on 03/11/2007 9:17:51 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: HAL9000

The suprise here is that there IS an opposition leader.

The history of post colonial Africa: one man, one vote, one time.


3 posted on 03/11/2007 10:16:30 AM PDT by Mikey_1962 (If you build it, they won't come...)
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