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Weekly Media Update 2010-20
The Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe
Monday May 24th 2010 - Sunday May 30th 2010
June 04, 2010

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Conspiracy theories targeting Zimbabwe's perceived Western detractors intensified in the government media this week in the wake of a visit by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme monitor Abbey Chikane and renewed international criticism of President Mugabe.

The Brazil/Zimbabwe soccer match was, however, the most prominent story in the state-run media (See Fig. 1). Although the government-controlled media paid attention to the activities of the country's main political parties, ZANU PF got 79 percent of the coverage, a violation of the "equitable coverage" clause in the Global Political Agreement (GPA). The remaining 21 percent were shared by the two MDC formations. The private media widely reported endless political disputes in the inclusive government, and they also kept an eye on persistent human rights violations.

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