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Court dismisses charges against two journalists

    JOHANNESBURG

    Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court on Monday dismissed charges brought by the state against two journalists it claimed had published false news.

    The two, editor of the independent ‘The Standard’ newspaper Mark Chavunduka and senior reporter Ray Choto, were charged with contravening the Law and Order (Maintenance) Act over an article in which they claimed that 23 senior army officer had been arrested over a foiled coup plot. The court ruled that the charges against them should be dismissed with costs.

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