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Tributes to a music icon Oliver Mutukudzi
The 66 year old had been ill for quite some time and passed away this afternoon in Harare
Zimbabwean music legend Oliver Mtukudzi has died after a prolonged illness.
A government-appointed human rights group in Zimbabwe has accused soldiers of using "systematic torture" in a crackdown on protests.
In Sierra Leone, government has banned secret societies, and a 24-hour ultimatum has been issued.
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