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From May to July 2005, government security forces launched Operation Murambatsvina (Restore Order), a program of housing and informal business demolition that displaced approximately 700,000 people. The evictions and demolitions were carried out without adequate notice, court orders, due process, legal protection, redress or appropriate relocation measures. Recently, up to 200 people from an informal settlement in the Harare suburb of Gunhill in Zimbabwe faced forcible eviction without adequate notice, consultation or due process. Thousands of vendors across Harare also face forcible removal from their market stalls. The majority of those affected were poor women whose principal source of livelihood is selling fruits, vegetables and other wares at market stalls like Mbare Musika and Mupedzanhamo in Harare.

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