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		</div><p>Streets are deserted in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare as a general strike continues for a third day in protest over the government’s decision to more than double the price of fuel.</p>
<p>Lawyers for activist Evan Mawarire say armed police are surrounding his house in Harare.</p>
<figure id="attachment_124120" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-124120" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/9E9BB1E4-6597-4B2E-B602-159BC9156D9C.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-124120" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/9E9BB1E4-6597-4B2E-B602-159BC9156D9C.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-124120" class="wp-caption-text">Women inspect their stalls at a market after they were destroyed during demonstrations over the hike in fuel prices in Harare</figcaption></figure>
<p>Mr Mawarire organised the ThisFlag campaign in 2016 which sparked a string of nationwide anti-government protests.</p>
<p>Zimbabwe’s largest telecoms company, Econet, has sent text messages to customers saying it has been forced by the government to shut down internet service, saying: “The matter is beyond our control.”</p>
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