The biggest single age-group backing the movement on Facebook was 25- to 34-year-olds.

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It shows what happened in the months following the first round of the presidential election when Mr Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party thugs, aided by the army and police, unleashed a campaign of terror against those suspected of backing the victorious opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), forcing its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, to withdraw from the presidential run-off.

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The centre-left leader proposes reforms to tackle corruption and create jobs, possibly with the backing of comedian Beppe Grillo, whose Five Star Movement won an unexpected 25% in the election and holds the balance of power.

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