Zimbabwe Seeks to Bar Citizens Talking to Foreign States
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Zimbabwe's Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa
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Zimbabwe’s cabinet wants to bar its citizens from holding “unauthorized” communication and negotiations with hostile governments.
“Such communication or negotiation has a direct or indirect implication on Zimbabwe’s foreign relations and policy,” Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa told reporters Tuesday in the capital, Harare.