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Police, soldiers deploy in Bulawayo as opposition challenges protest ban

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File: On Monday, authorities sent soldiers in trucks into the centre of the city, bolstering police who patrolled on foot and lorries.BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe - Soldiers and police deployed in large numbers in Zimbabwe's second city Bulawayo on Monday to, as the country's main opposition party sought to overturn that decision in court.

The street protest was the second called in four days by the Movement for Democratic Change's , which accuses President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of repression and economic mismanagement. Authorities had also banned Friday's gathering in Harare, intended as the launch event of a nationwide protest movement. The MDC called it off, saying it

 

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