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Commonwealth concerned over attacks on businesses

    JOHANNESBURG

    Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon expressed concern on Wednesday over violent attacks on businesses in Zimbabwe and threats against foreign embassies, news reports said. “We do remain concerned about what appears to be a deteriorating situation,” McKinnon told reporters in London.

    “We are concerned about issues like the attacks on businesses and threats against the embassies,” McKinnon added. He said he was still waiting for a reply from President Robert Mugabe over plans by the 54-nation Commonwealth, made up mainly of former British colonies, to send an urgent ministerial mission to Zimbabwe in response to a campaign of intimidation against the country’s media and judiciary.

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