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Zimbabwe's New 12-Hour Curfew Hotly Debated

Columbus Mavhunga

   HARARE - Zimbabwe's government has imposed an indefinite dusk to dawn
   curfew and other travel restrictions, saying the measures are needed to
   contain rising cases of COVID-19. The southern African country has more
   than 1,800 confirmed cases and 26 deaths but, health experts say the
   true number of infections is likely higher. However, rights groups and
   critics say the measures are aimed at stopping anti-government protests
   planned for July 31.

   Announcing the 12-hour curfew late Tuesday on national television,
   President Emmerson Mnangagwa said it was part of efforts to contain a
   spike in coronavirus cases that he described as a "worrisome
   development."

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