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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabwe announced new controls Saturday to clamp down on charities and other humanitarian organizations, including democracy and human rights groups that the government accuses of campaigning against it.
Under a new code, voluntary organizations need a state license, which can be denied, thus barring them from operating. United Nations agencies are not affected.
The code, issued in an official government notice available Saturday, follows recent warnings from several senior officials against charities engaging in political advocacy. They said some groups came to Zimbabwe with food aid in one hand and a "regime change agenda" in the other.
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