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Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor Partech is doubling the size of its African venture fund to $143 million Zimbabwe’s government faces off against its tech community over internet restrictions A high court in Zimbabwe […]

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The BBC is quoting a dodgy Zimbabwean Twitter account which called for hipsters to be shot

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UPDATE: Nov. 15, 2017, 11:21 a.m. GMT The BBC has apologised for erroneously describing @zanu_pf as the official account of Zimbabwe’s ruling party Zanu-PF.

Earlier we mistakenly described @zanu_pf as the official account of Zimbabwe’s ruling party Zanu-PF. We are sorry for any confusion

Follow the latest developments here: https://t.co/KrhuBr7Wbg

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 15, 2017

Confusion and chaos are dominating the news in Zimbabwe after the military took over the national broadcaster, ZBC, saying it wanted to “target criminals” around president Robert Mugabe. 

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