Zimbabwe’s violent crackdown continues with reports of rapes

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Reports of a violent crackdown continue in Zimbabwe as rights groups and others accuse security forces of raping women during house-to-house searches.
Zimbabweans say abuses have not calmed since President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday denounced the violence as “unacceptable.” The unrest began last week as people protested a steep increase in fuel prices.
The army asserts that uniformed perpetrators of abuses are “bogus elements” out to tarni