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<h1 class="content__headline js-score"><span style="color:#571111;"><em>&#8230;&#8217;Rare mass protest against Robert Mugabe&#8217;s 3-decade rule&#8217;</em></span></h1>
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<h2><span style="color:#571111;"> “Old clueless Mugabe must go.”<br />
“Where is our $15bn dollars?”</span></h2>
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<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Demonstration organised by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is biggest in years as Zimbabwe’s economic problems worsen</strong></span></p>
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<em>Photo: Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters</em><br />
<strong> Zimbabwe President: Robert Mugabe, 92,</strong> has been president since 1987</h5>
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<p class="content__dateline">Thursday 14 April 2016 <span class="content__dateline-time">15.21 EDT</span> Last modified on Thursday 14 April 2016 <span class="content__dateline-time">15.42 EDT</span></p>
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<p>In one of the biggest protests seen in Zimbabwe in recent years, thousands of opposition supporters marched in the capital to denounce Robert Mugabe’s alleged misrule.<br />
Mostly wearing the red colours of the main opposition MDC-T party, marchers in Harare chanted songs denouncing the 92-year-old president, who recently said he had no plans to step down.<br />
Such huge demonstrations are rare in Zimbabwe, where police routinely use force to break up opposition protests.</p>
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<h5><img class="alignnone wp-image-10100" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/2850.jpg" alt="2850" width="346" height="208" /><strong><br />
Joice Mujuru, Zimbabwe’s former vice-president, launched<br />
a new party last month to challenge Robert Mugabe, promising<br />
to revive the economy and repair strained relations with the west.</strong></h5>
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<p>Police had initially banned Thursday’s march before a court overturned the ban. The opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, who shared power with Mugabe for five years before losing disputed elections in 2013, organised the march.<br />
Women with children strapped to their backs joined marchers carrying placards demanding that Mugabe step down. He has been in power since independence from white minority rule in 1980.<br />
Some marchers carried banners reading “Old clueless Mugabe must go”. “Where is our $15bn dollars?” read one placard, in reference to recent statements by Mugabe that $15bn worth of diamonds had been looted in eastern Zimbabwe.</p>
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<h5 class="block-share block-share--article hide-on-mobile"><img class="gu-image" src="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/297740a177849162e4a0b403d79aac881431c4cf/0_118_3000_1800/master/3000.jpg?w=300&;q=55&;auto=format&;usm=12&;fit=max&;s=1381c5ccca0342b34f4413cd30526d26" alt="Morgan Tsvangirai addresses supporters in Harare." width="553" height="332" /><em>Photo: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images</em><em><br />
</em><strong>Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai addresses supporters in Harare.</strong></h5>
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<p>Another placard read “Where are our 2.2m jobs?” referring to Mugabe’s 2013 election pledge to create jobs. Zimbabwe is battling a worsening economic decline, highlighted by company closures and growing unemployment.<br />
Mugabe has previously said he<a href="https://konniemoments.com/2016/03/04/zimbabwes-president-offers-to-punch-reporter-to-the-floor-as-a-reminder-that-he-is-still-the-leader-despite-his-92-years/"> wouldn’t resign</a>, adding that he would rule “until God says come”.</p>
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Zimbabweans take to the streets: Protest continued Mugabe rule
