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Zimbabwe's ruling party calls US ambassador a 'thug'

by Associated Press
| July 28, 2020 1:27 AM

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s ruling party has threatened the United States ambassador with expulsion, calling him a “thug” and accusing him of funding organizers of anti-government protests planned for Friday. The U.S. called the remark “deeply offensive.”

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