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Baton-wielding Zimbabwean riot police broke up a demonstration by doctors and nurses protesting against the collapse of the country’s health system on Wednesday, while scores of trade unionists were arrested ahead of marches over the cash crisis. The country’s economy has been collapsing for several years, but now appears to have reached a stage where hardly a day passes without some new example of the consequences. Three journalists, two from the Zimababwean weekly, The Independent, and one from the South African Broadcasting Corporation, were arrested as the demonstrations began. More

Tags: hyperinflation, massive arrests, riots, Zimbabwe