At least 80 supporters of an opposition party in Zimbabwe remain in detention after they were arrested in the city of Masvingo over the weekend.They were rounded up ahead of a rally in the capital Harare on Sunday, which launched the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party’s campaign for parliamentary by-elections next month, the party said.It’s not clear if they’ve been charged.The CCC is led by Nelson Chamisa, the former leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) – which has suffered numerous splits since it was founded more than two decades ago.Thousands of Mr Chamisa’s supporters – many wearing T-shirts in the party’s colour, yellow – gathered to greet him in Harare as the party held its first big rally ahead of the by-elections.The elections in March are for nearly 30 parliamentary constituencies, as well as local authority seats.Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party began campaigning earlier this month.
Dozens of Zimbabwe opposition supporters detained
