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Zimbabwe crackdown: Is Mnangagwa 'worse' than Mugabe?

As a brutal crackdown on violent protests forces Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa to cut short a trip in Europe, Newsnight asks what happened to the reforms promised after Robert Mugabe’s reign ended.

Alex Magaisa - former advisor to the opposition leader Morgan Tsangarai - and Xavier Zavare, a spokesperson for the governing party Zanu-PF, join Emily Maitlis.

John Sweeney and Andrew Harding report.

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