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Police backed by soldiers and army helicopters were deployed in Bulawayo to prevent an opposition protest from taking place.

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Bulawayo - Hundreds of police backed by soldiers and army helicopters deployed in the Zimbabwean city of Bulawayo on Monday to prevent an opposition protest from taking place, a show of force that stopped a demonstration for the second time in four days.

The High Court on Friday dismissed an MDC challenge against a police ban on its demonstration in the capital, Harare. The party called off its protest on Friday in Harare after police there rounded up its followers and dispersed them with batons and water cannon and tear gas, prompting many shops and businesses to close.

Those deaths undermined a pledge by Mnangagwa to put an end to the repressive political climate that characterised much of his predecessor Robert Mugabe's 37 years in power.

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