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Zimbabwe government challenges ruling against chief justice

Zimbabwean Minister of Justice Ziyambi Ziyambi signs the oath of office during the swearing-in ceremony at State House in Harare, Zimbabwe. [Reuters]

The Zimbabwean government on Monday appealed against a High Court ruling that extending the chief justice's tenure by five years was illegal, in a case that has created a standoff between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the court.

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