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Zimbabwe president's speech stokes fears of repression
The Hashtag #ZimbabweanLivesMatter is trending globally in solidarity.
Social media users across the continent have joined the #ZimbabweanLivesMatter campaign to condemn the military-led crackdown and arrests of opposition politicians and journalists in Zimbabwe.
Ghana’s electoral commission have begun the massive task of compiling a new voter register ahead of its December elections.
We speak with Ghanaian Director of Photography David Boanuh who was involved in the filming of Beyonce’s latest visual album ‘Black is King’
(Photo: A man and a woman hold placards during an anti-corruption protest march in Harare. Credit: Getty Images)
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