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Sky News crew deported from Zimbabwe

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14 Jul, 2016
A Sky news crew was this morning, deported from the country allegedly for working without accreditation. The two, who include South African based correspondent, Alex Crawford and a cameraman were allegedly both travelling on British passports. They were allegedly raided at a Harare lodge on the night of Wednesday 13 July, 2016 and detained at the […]

A Sky news crew was this morning, deported from the country allegedly for working without accreditation.

The two, who include South African based correspondent, Alex Crawford and a cameraman were allegedly both travelling on British passports. They were allegedly raided at a Harare lodge on the night of Wednesday 13 July, 2016 and detained at the Harare Airport overnight before being deported this morning.

More details to follow.

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