Fresh protests over disputed elections in Malawi

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The planned two-day protest follows a string of demonstrations which have often been broken up by police firing tear gas.

In Blantyre, the financial capital, protesters said they had been attacked and forced to disperse by people wearing T-shirts showing support for the ruling Progressive Democratic Party .

Gift Trapence, of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition which organised the protests, accused DPP"thugs" of inciting violence.

 

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