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Zimbabwe students scoop international awards for moot court

Zimbabwean moot court competition champions arrive back at the Robert Mugabe International airport in Harare, July 7, 2022. [AP]

A history-making team of Zimbabwean high school students that became world and European moot court competition champions has been widely praised in a country where the education system is beset by poor funding, lack of materials and teachers’ strikes.

The 11-member Zimbabwean team of nine girls and two boys aged between 14 and 18 and drawn from different schools was crowned world champions last month after winning the International High School Moot Court competition held online at the end of May.

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