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Anti-Mugabe SMS threats

Youths loyal to President Robert Mugabe threatened Zimbabwe's leading cellphone network, Econet Wireless, after intercepting "anti-Mugabe" SMSs.

Mugabe was due to be re-elected as president and first secretary of Zanu-PF at the party's congress, which ended on Sunday.

The offending SMS message, purportedly from the Zanu-PF Youth League, urged party members to make leadership nominations "from the floor".

Regular announcements were broadcast on state radio warning delegates against following the SMS instructions.

Zanu-PF youths said they traced the SMSs to Econet.

The multi-million dollar service provider issued a statement distancing itself from the text message.

Source: The Times

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