Peace monitors express concern over intra-party clashes

THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has expressed concern over the upsurge in cases of intraparty clashes with 299 cases recorded in the month of July as the country’s main political parties Zanu PF and MDC-T gear for their respective elective congresses.

The ZPP said violence reports had shot up from 188 recorded in June this year.

The peace monitors attributed the surge to factional fights among party members, adding that these had contributed to “a significant rise in the number of politically-motivated human rights violations” during the month.

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