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Hopewell Chin'ono's Arrest in Zimbabwe Viewed as Warning for Critics

Eric Neugeboren

   WASHINGTON - When a military coup ended President Robert Mugabe's
   30-year term in 2017, Zimbabweans at first were hopeful.

   For some, it was the only transfer of power they'd ever witnessed. For
   others, it provided relief from Mugabe's three decades of autocracy --
   a period marked by a struggling economy, massive corruption and the
   stifling of dissent.

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