{"id":26625,"date":"2016-07-05T02:41:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T02:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/zimbabwe-police-clash-with-rioting-minibus\/"},"modified":"2016-07-05T02:41:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T02:41:53","slug":"zimbabwe-police-clash-with-rioting-minibus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/zimbabwe-police-clash-with-rioting-minibus\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe police clash with rioting minibus drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Zimbabwe&#8217;s capital, Harare, have used tear gas and water cannons to break up a protest by minibus drivers.<\/p>\n<p>The unrest began when drivers erected barricades in a protest against harassment and roadblocks by police demanding bribes.<\/p>\n<p>When security forced stepped in, some local residents joined the protesters and threw stones at police.<\/p>\n<p>Some demonstrators are reported to have been beaten up. hirty people have been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe has become increasing volatile in recent weeks with frequent protests against economic hardship and alleged government corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Police say they have reduced the number of roadblocks following complaints.<\/p>\n<p>The economy has struggled since a government programme seized most white-owned farms in 2000, causing exports to tumble.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Mugabe, 92, has been in power since independence in 1980.<\/p>\n<p>Critics accuse him of using violence and rigging during recent elections &#8211; allegations he denies.<\/p>\n<p>Official statistics say most citizens live on just one dollar a day.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-13284 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/_90281711_whatsapp-image-20160704-8.jpg\" alt=\"Police removed road blocks\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Zimbabwe&#8217;s capital, Harare, have used tear gas and water cannons to break up a protest by minibus drivers. The unrest began when drivers erected barricades in a protest against harassment and roadblocks by police demanding bribes. When security forced stepped in, some local residents joined the protesters and threw stones at police. Some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[100],"byline":[249],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-26625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-africa","byline-bbc"],"bylines":[{"id":249,"name":"BBC","slug":"bbc","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":104}],"contributors":[{"id":249,"name":"BBC","slug":"bbc","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":104}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26625"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=26625"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=26625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}