Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Tuesday his government wouldimpose a night-time curfew and tighten other measures to tackle rising coronavirus infections, adding that anyone who challenged the rules faced severe punishment.
Critics and the opposition said the new steps were linked to anti-government protests planned for next week. On Monday police arrested an opposition official and a journalist, accusing them of inciting violence ahead of July 31 demonstrations by activists who say government corruption has exacerbated economic hardship.
'As of tomorrow, Wednesday, ... all our security services must enforce a dusk-to-dawn curfew set to come into force daily between 1800 hours and 0600 hours,' Mnangagwa said in a televised address to the nation.
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