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Zimbabwe unveils first post Mugabe budget
Chinamasa changes indiginisation rules as part of cost cutting measures
Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa announces sweeping cost cutting measures in government to curb expenditure, whilst amending the indigenisation act. And Liberia's Supreme Court rules on whether to put an end to a legal battle that halts the country's presidential election runoff. Plus, Senegal inaugurates a major new international airport.
(Picture: Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance Patrick Chinamasa arriving at parliament to present the budget. Credit: JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images)
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