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Zimbabwe: Taking your power back

Friday, May 16th, 2008 @ 19:06 UTC

by Ndesanjo Macha

Countries:: Zimbabwe
Topics:: Elections, Politics
Languages:: English

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Taking power back to the people in Zimbabwe: “As Zimbabweans, we also have to start taking our power - from the politicians and unelected ministers and military authorities who are running the country instead of the democratically elected parliament.”

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