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Monday, December 17, 2001 - Web posted at 8:29:09 am GMT

Fears as troops sent into Matabeleland

HARARE - The Zimbabwean government has moved troops into Matabeleland according to human right organisations, the Sunday Times reported.

The organisations, which are not named in the report, have been told by villagers in the province that the soldiers have been beating them up.

Home Affairs Minister John Nkomo told delegates at the Zanu-PF congress in Victoria Falls on FrIdAy that the deployment was an attempt to keep peace in response to "terrorist" attacks on Zanu-PF officials.

President Robert Mugabe told the conference the troops had also been deployed there to protect farm workers from white farmers. Nampa-Sapa




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