2,000 join anti-Mugabe protest in Harare

It was the biggest anti-Mugabe march for nearly a decade | Photo: EPA

Two thousand Zimbabwean opposition supporters, some holding placards calling for 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe to resign, have rallied in the capital Harare.
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai called for countrywide demonstrations against the deteriorating economy.

The march went ahead after a ruling by the High Court. Police had initially denied permission.
It is the biggest such protest in many years.
“Mugabe has no solution to the crisis. We are here to tell Mugabe and his regime that you have failed,” Mr Tsvangirai said in a brief speech to supporters.
“This is about jobs and improving the economy, which is in dire straits,” he added.
Mr Mugabe has been in power since independence in 1980.