Zimbabwe: 'Midlands Observer' Editor Threatened for Alleged Pro-Opposition Bias

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The editor of the "Midlands Observer", Flata Kavinga, was threatened by a war veteran on 29 May 2008. The newspaper is based in Zimbabwe's city of Kwekwe in the Midlands province.

According to Kavinga, he was approached by the war veteran named Diva while he was standing in a queue in a bank. Diva began by asking Kavinga if he knew the "Midlands Observer" editor because there was a "programme of action" to deal with him. The war veteran accused the newspaper of being pro-opposition by supporting the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and writing articles critical of the state. Furthermore, he accused the paper of being anti-government, alleging that it only publishes articles meant to discredit ZANU-PF.

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