Zimbabwe police fire teargas to disperse opposition protesters

Zimbabwean opposition supporters carry rocks during clashes with police in Harare, Zimbabwe, August 26,2016. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

HARARE (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe warned protesters on Friday there would be no "Arab Spring" in Zimbabwe after anti-government demonstrations descended it to some of the worst violence seen in the southern African nation for two decades.

Zimbabwean police fired tear gas and water cannon at opposition leaders and hundreds of demonstrators at a protest against Mugabe and the ruling ZANU-PF, before unrest swept across large parts of the capital Harare.