Tag: general-strike
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From tweets to streets, Zimbabwe social media anger erupts into anti-Mugabe protests
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) – Organisers of a general strike against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe pledged on Thursday to continue action until he falls, as a spontaneous social media movement has coalesced into the biggest uprising against his rule in nearly a decade. Zimbabweans have been using the Internet in recent weeks to mobilise…
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Olympics- Spain’s Olympic president Blanco calms fears over Zika
The president of the Spanish Olympic committee (COE), Alejandro Blanco, has reassured the country’s athletes and fans travelling to Rio de Janeiro that the Zika virus “is under control”. Spain’s most famous basketball player, NBA’s Pau Gasol, expressed concerns about the mosquito-borne Zika virus several weeks ago but has since committed to playing for the…