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About 200,000 people have been made homeless, the UN says
Police in Zimbabwe have fought running battles with residents of one of the oldest townships of the second city, as they demolished illegal structures.
The BBC's Themba Nkosi says that Makhokhoba in Bulawayo was the centre of resistance to colonial rule.
One woman stripped naked in protest after police destroyed her shack.
A police spokesman said that more than 20,000 structures had been destroyed and 30,000 arrested in the three-week nationwide operation.
About 200,000 people have been made homeless, the UN says
Police in Zimbabwe have fought running battles with residents of one of the oldest townships of the second city, as they demolished illegal structures.
The BBC's Themba Nkosi says that Makhokhoba in Bulawayo was the centre of resistance to colonial rule.
One woman stripped naked in protest after police destroyed her shack.
A police spokesman said that more than 20,000 structures had been destroyed and 30,000 arrested in the three-week nationwide operation.
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