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Zimbabwe government announces mining ban in national parks

by Associated Press
| September 9, 2020 5:30 AM

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s government says it has banned mining in its national parks, but an environmental group that had taken court action to stop the development of a coal mine in an elephant-rich park said on Wednesday that it will insist on “more than just words.”

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