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Zimbabwe MP calls female politicians 'bench warmers'
Female MPs criticised a male colleague who referred to them as "bench warmers". Police in Malawi block off the premises of a leading media house. Plus our Resident Presidents.
Female lawmakers in Zimbabwe criticised a male colleague after he referred to them as "bench warmers". Police in Malawi block off the premises of a leading media house. We speak to a lawyer of the U.N. mission in Central African Republic, sacked after he accused Rwandan peacekeepers of killing 30 civilians. Plus the Resident Presidents.
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Fri 1 Jun 201817:06GMT
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- Fri 1 Jun 201817:06GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
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