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US official condemns the violence

    JOHANNESBURG

    US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott condemned the government of Zimbabwe on Tuesday for political violence that has claimed the lives of at least 18 people, most of them activists of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in recent weeks.

    “What is happening today in Zimbabwe is tarnishing southern Africa’s otherwise well-deserved reputation for building civil society, respecting human rights and establishing the rule of law,” Talbott told a conference on US-Africa relations at the University of Witwatersrand.

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