Mugabe 'Goblin' Tweet Lands U.S. Citizen Behind Bars

Zimbabwean police have charged an American citizen with a new offence of plotting to overthrow a constitutionally elected government, her lawyer has said. Martha O'Donovan had earlier been charged over a tweet that appeared to insult Robert Mugabe, weeks after the president appointed a cybersecurity minister to police social media.

Opposition parties accuse President Robert Mugabe's ruling party of thuggery, violence.

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