Zimbabwe Detains Anti-Corruption Activists

Click to expand Image Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono (L) and Jacob Ngarivhume, head of the group Transform Zimbabwe.  © Private The Zimbabwe police today arrested and detained Hopewell Chin’ono, an awarding-winning journalist, and Jacob Ngarivhume, leader of the political group Transform Zimbabwe. Both are accused of inciting public violence. Chin’ono and Ngarivhume had helped expose high-level corruption in Zimbabwe and called for nationwide anti-corruption protests on July 31. In June, Chin’ono published a series of Facebook posts outlining alleged connections between Zimbabwe President Emmerson…

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