No ‘Arab Spring’ in Zimbabwe, Mugabe warns protesters

President Robert Mugabe warned protesters there would be no “Arab Spring” in Zimbabwe after anti-government demonstrations descended to some of the worst violence seen in the southern African nation for two decades. Zimbabwean police fired tear gas and water cannon at opposition leaders and hundreds of demonstrators at a protest against Mugabe and the ruling […]

President Robert Mugabe warned protesters there would be no “Arab Spring” in Zimbabwe after anti-government demonstrations descended to some of the worst violence seen in the southern African nation for two decades.
Zimbabwean police fired tear gas and water cannon at opposition leaders and hundreds of demonstrators at a protest against Mugabe and the ruling ZANU-PF, before unrest swept across large parts of the capital Harare.
“They are thinking that what happened in the Arab Spring is going to happen in this country but we tell them that it is not going to happen here,” Mugabe told state television, referring to a series of uprisings that toppled leaders across the Arab world.