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Zimbabwe: Tense Mnangagwa Orders Ncube to Arm Riot Police
[Zimbabwe Independent] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has instructed Treasury to urgently buy a fleet of brand new vehicles for the police, including all-terrain troop carriers, water cannons, buses and equipment used by riot police, as the government prepares to enforce a renewed Covid-19 lockdown.
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The National Medical Association Calls for Gun Violence as a Public Health Emergency | The Michigan Chronicle
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Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa Needs to Plug Local Knowledge Gap to Up Its Anti-COVID-19 Game
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The National Medical Association calls for gun violence as a public health emergency - Atlanta Tribune
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Nigeria mourns first ever female helicopter combat pilot: Tolulope Arotile | Africanews
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