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Security crackdown in Zimbabwe
Tensions heighten in Zimbabwe ahead of planned political protests
Zimbabwean activists say there's a crackdown to stop planned protests; The ugly side of beautiful Cape Town; Nigerians create cities within cities to avoid chronic water and power cuts.
(Photo: Zimbabwean policemen sit in a vehicle stationed outside the headquarters party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance, in Harare, on August 2, 2018. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
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