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June 2020

Zimbabwe summons US envoy over White House adviser’s comment

Zimbabwe has summoned the U.S. ambassador in Harare to a meeting over comments by a White House official suggesting Zimbabwe is among “foreign adversaries” that could face retaliation for trying to foment unrest in the U.S. over the death of George Floyd, a black man who pleaded for air as a police officer pressed a knee into his neck.

Biden meets black leaders over death of George Floyd

Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden denounced Donald Trump’s presidency and the gnawing problems of racism and inequality in the United States, during a meeting with black religious and political leaders in the wake of unarmed African American George Floyd’s death at the hands of police.