Protesters' Arrests Seen Fueling Zimbabwe Crisis

Zimbabwe's growing economic crisis, which has sent consumer prices spiraling upward and created shortages of everything from gasoline to medication to fried chicken, is shaping up to be the first major test for Zimbabwe's new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was sworn in barely two months ago. And the arrest this week of dozens of trade union members who planned to protest economic conditions has escalated the situation from economic trouble to a wider, more...

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