Police spray Zimbabwe protesters with tear gas and water


  • World
  • Thursday, 13 Jul 2017

Police riot car fires a water canon on burning barricades during a demonstration calling for electoral reform in Harare, Zimbabwe, July 12, 2017. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean police on Wednesday sprayed tear gas and fired water cannon at opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters protesting against what they see as the slow pace of electoral reforms ahead of next year's presidential vote.

President Robert Mugabe, 93, intends to run for another five-year term in the 2018 polls. His opponents say the electoral commission should first create a new voters' roll.

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