ZIMBABWE POLICE USE TEAR GAS AT ELECTORAL REFORM PROTEST

Police used tear gas and water cannon Friday in Harare, Zimbabwe, on amarch by opposition protesters demanding electoral reform ahead of 2018 presidential elections.

President Robert Mugabe, 92, has said he intends to run again for the post that he has held for 36 years. He has ruled the country since independence from whiteminority rule 36 years ago and has refused to name a successor, insisting he wants to rule until he dies.

Opposition protesters wearing red Tshirts of the Movement for Democratic Change were also beaten by police, the BBC reports. The marchers, who set fire to street barricades during the clashes, were dispersed by police, according to the Associated Press.

— Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY