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Zimbabwe Locks Down Capital, Thwarting Planned Protests
Three years after the fall of the strongman Robert Mugabe, the country is in free fall and his successor is clamping down by arresting opposition activists — including an author just nominated for the Booker Prize. -
Anger at Mali’s President Rises After Security Forces Kill Protesters
At least 11 demonstrators were killed in the capital last weekend. They have called for mass civil disobedience until President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta steps down.