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Thousands of supporters of the ruling party in Zimbabwe marched across the country’s capital in protest of ‘fake’ pastors and opposition movements that have organized demonstrations against the country’s leadership in the past few weeks.

Zanu PF youth league members gathered at the party’s headquarters for the launch of a housing project.

President Mugabe has said that the ‪#‎ThisFlag‬ Pastor is funded by foreign states.

Recently, president Robert Mugabe had blasted the said Pastor, Evan Mawarire who is the force behind the #ThisFlag campaign that is calling  on Zimbabweans to stay away from work, saying he is not a “true preacher”.

Local media reported  Mugabe to have said that if people like Mawarire don’t want to live in the country they should “go to those countries that are sponsoring them.”

Mawarire is currently in neighbouring South Africa.

He was detained for inciting people to stay away from work over the deteriorating economic situation in Zimbabwe, where the government has struggled to pay salaries of civil servant and the army.

Mugabe is quoted as saying, “First Corinthians, what does it say? Love one another. So beware these men of God – not all of them are true preachers of the Bible.”

“I don’t know whether they are serving God. Well, we spell God G.O.D. They spell God in reverse.”

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Wednesday, July 13, saw the closing ceremony of the 2015-2016 session of the International War College (ESIG) which took place within the premises of the school in Simbock quarters of Yaounde-Cameroon.The ceremony was  co-chaired by French Ambassador to Cameroon,Christine Robichon,  and the Cameroonian  Minister of Defence,Saïd Kamsouloum.

On this occasion, the 52 trainee officers from 22 countries were awarded their diplomas by the authorities, including two Masters, and s higher education patent of the second degree. The ceremony rounded up an eleventh month training  marked by  workshops on business planning, general studies and thematic visits to parts of Cameroon, Chad, Mali, the United States and France. ESIG is the subject of a close partnership between Cameroon and France, which provides an important human expertise in military cooperation and financial support to the operation of the school.

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One of the more uplifting sections in Melania Trump’s convention speech Monday night was virtually identical to a passage from Michelle Obama’s convention speech in 2008.

         Here's the key moment in Trump’s speech:

My parents impressed on me the values: that you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise. That you treat people with respect. They taught me to show the values and morals in my daily life. That is the lesson that I continue to pass along to our son.

And we need to pass those lessons on to the many generations to follow. [Cheering] Because we want our children in this nation to know that the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.

And here's a similar passage from Obama’s speech in 2008:

And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values: that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say you're going to do; that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them, and even if you don't agree with them.

And Barack and I set out to build lives guided by these values, and pass them on to the next generation. Because we want our children — and all children in this nation — to know that the only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.

 

The copying is too extensive to be a mere coincidence, which is why so many people are calling it plagiarism. The fact that the plagiarized lines are about the value of "hard work" just makes it all the more striking.

Earlier, CNN had reported that Melania had been working with a speechwriter "for the last five to six weeks, honing her speech."

Regardless of who actually wrote it, big speeches like these are typically vetted closely by staffers to avoid these sorts of snafus. James Fallows, a journalist and former White House speechwriter, points out that "This kind of speech-vetting is [the] most elementary sort of operational campaign competence." Clearly there was a huge organizational breakdown somewhere along the way.

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has angered European institutions and sparked fear among NGOs by claiming the death penalty could be restored in Turkey following a failed military coup to oust him from power.

A massive crack down on suspected coup plotters and participants among the branches of Turkey’s military was still underway on Tuesday, fuelling concerns over the respect of human rights amid the political chaos.

In response to demonstrators who chanted “Death Penalty, Death Penalty!” during recent pro-government rallies, Erdogan has promised the demand would be considered in the wake of the short-lived revolt.

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Dr. Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, is focusing on women’s rights, immigration and education during a visit to three African countries: Ethiopia, Malawi and Niger.

During her first stop in Ethiopia, Biden visited a transit center in the capital for refugees at the International Organization for Migration (IOM). There, she met with officials at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and learned more about the refugee screening process for those seeking resettlement in the U.S.

One of the refugees accepted for resettlement is Sembetu Buratu, an Eritrean mother of a four-year-old girl, who left her home country to help her family.

“I didn’t work, so my brothers used to assist me; when they left the country, [security forces] tried to arrest me so I escaped,” she said, speaking through an interpreter in her native language Tigrigna.

Buratu has been in the center for four days, and will be resettled in Atlanta.

“I want my daughter to grow up in good conditions, and I also want to help my family. I am very happy,” she said.

Another refugee, Filsan Abdullahi Hassan of Somalia, said she fled attacks from the terror group al-Shabab.

Over the last 10 years, the U.S. has resettled 30,000 refugees from Ethiopia, according to Lori Seymour, IOM’s head of operations in Africa.

This year, the U.S. will accept 85,000 refugees from all over the world; about 30 percent come from Africa.

Biden is placing a particular emphasis on women’s rights and education during her travels. In an event at a high-tech center in Addis Ababa funded by the U.S. Embassy, she handed out certificates to girls who completed computer training after a yearlong scholarship through the Girls Can Code initiative, a program aimed at teaching girls computer-programming skills.

During the graduation ceremony, Biden said that because of the success of the pilot program, there were plans to expand Girls Can Code to four new cities.

“This means an additional 200 female students will soon have access to the same classes and lessons that you have had so that they can reach their full potential,” she said.

About 40 high school students were selected for a first-of-its-kind training in leadership and coding, according to one of the graduates from Addis Ketema high school who spoke to VOA’s Horn of Africa Service. The girls were selected for their scholastic achievements.

On Sunday evening, Biden met with female members of Ethiopia’s parliament and cabinet, as well as entrepreneurs and other members of the Ethiopian community.

This is Biden’s fifth visit to Africa. Her next stop is Malawi.

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