Zimbabwean police have violently dispersed protesters rallying against plans to introduce “surrogate currency” to counter the cash crisis.
Many fear the plan will return Zimbabwe to the days of crippling inflation.
Hundreds of government critics gathering in a public square were met with tear gas, water cannon and batons by police on as political tensions simmer over the southern African nation’s worsening economic crisis.
Organizers of the march in Harare said 20 people were injured.
Zimbabwe abandoned its currency in 2009 following hyper-inflation, adopting a multi-currency system dominated by the United States dollar and South African rand.
But a shortage of hard currency has caused banks to limit withdrawals and that has denied many their salaries and pensions.
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