Court throws out case against Mugabe

Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court dismissed a case against President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday lodged by an activist who accused the aging leader of violating the southern African country’s supreme law during protests last year. The case was the first time a private citizen has asked the court to decide whether actions by 92-year-old Mugabe, the world’s […]

Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court dismissed a case against President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday lodged by an activist who accused the aging leader of violating the southern African country’s supreme law during protests last year.
The case was the first time a private citizen has asked the court to decide whether actions by 92-year-old Mugabe, the world’s oldest leader, violated the constitution.
Mugabe, who has ruled the former British colony since independence in 1980, was last year confronted by the biggest anti-government protests in a decade. Security forces responded with teargas and water cannon.
Activist pastor Evan Mawarire, who was at the heart of those protests, was on Wednesday freed on bail by the High Court after he was arrested last week and charged with organizing demonstrations and inciting violence.