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Eugene

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Tue Jan 22, 2019, 10:34 AM Jan 2019

Zimbabwe president Mnangagwa skips Davos over protests

Source: BBC

Zimbabwe president Mnangagwa skips Davos over protests

22 January 2019

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has broken off a trip to Europe after violent protests in his home country.

Mr Mnangagwa had been due to attend the Davos economic summit where he was expected to seek investment for Zimbabwe.

Ministers say the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is using sharp fuel price increases as a pretext for violence.

But the MDC accuses the authorities of a brutal crackdown.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46955725
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