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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: Protests and Repression Returns to Zimbabwe
Description: Zimbabwe was rocked by protests in mid-January in the most significant public display of dissatisfaction with the government of Emerson Mnangagwa. Mnangagwa you will remember deposed longtime Zimbawe ruler Robert Mugabe in a coup in November 2017 -- an this past summer he further ensconced himself in power through an election in which he was declared the winner.  The proximate cause of these protests were a sudden increase in the price of fuel. The government's response was exceedingly violent and repressive. Thousands of people are now languishing in jail.  On the line with me to explain what caused these protests and why...