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World Service,24 Jan 1998,29 mins

Zimbabwe Food Riots

This Week and Africa

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Three days of rioting in the Zimbabwe capital sparked by a rise in the cost of maize. The army patrolled the streets of Harare as the police rounded up looters. Also on the programme, sanctions on UNITA enforced by Angolan government and breaking the wall of silence on SWAPO.

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