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Zimbabwe's rulers won't tolerate opposing voices – but its writers refuse to be silenced

The ruling elite in Zimbabwe has always tried to silence opposing political voices and erase histories it does not wish to have aired. Although “democratic” elections have been held since 1980, the country has become what the scholar Eldred Masunungure calls a state of “militarised, electoral authoritarianism”.

The Conversation

Zimbabwe's main opposition party goes to court to challenge a police decision to ban its rally

Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has gone to court to challenge a police decision to ban a rally it wants to hold in the buildup to what will be highly scrutinized elections next month

The Independent UK

Mnangagwa, Chamisa, others to vye for Zimbabwean presidency

Eleven of the initial 22 candidates were disqualified, mostly for failing to pay a $20,000 fee to appear on the ballot.

Al Jazeera

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Zimbabwe's president, opposition leader and exiled ex-minister all seek to run in August election

Zimbabwe’s president, the country's main opposition leader and a former ruling party stalwart exiled following a coup are all seeking to run in the presidential election scheduled for August

The Independent UK

Animal Farm has been translated into Shona – why a group of Zimbabwean writers undertook the task

Since independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has in some ways become like Animal Farm. Like the pigs in the classic 1945 novel by English writer George Orwell, the country’s post-liberation leaders have hijacked a revolution that was once rooted in righteous outrage. In Zimbabwe, the revolution was against colonialism and its…

The Conversation

In Zimbabwe, announcement of election date triggers both hope and despair

Zimbabwe’s president recently announced that national elections will take place on Aug. 23

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa sets election date as Aug. 23

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that national elections will take place on Aug. 23

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Zimbabwe to hold general election on Aug. 23

Zimbabwe will hold its presidential and parliamentary elections on Aug. 23, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Wednesday, as the southern African country continues to battle a raging economic crisis.

Reuters

Kissinger at 100: How his ‘sordid’ diplomacy in Africa fuelled war in Angola and prolonged apartheid

Historians say the involvement in Africa of the former US secretary of state, who is 100 this week, drew the US into Angola’s war and aided apartheid after the Soweto uprising

The Guardian - UK

Zimbabwe debt clearance tied to farmers' compensation and credible polls

The African Development Bank has moved to fast-track Zimbabwe’s $3.5 billion compensation to white farmers whose land was seized under former president Robert Mugabe’s reforms. The bank is leading efforts to clear Zimbabwe’s crippling debts.

Radio France Internationale

Bona Mugabe’s $8m home, assets exposed in divorce angers Zimbabwe

Revelations about multiple assets linked to the Mugabe family have triggered outrage weeks after an Al Jazeera exposé.

Al Jazeera

Zimbabwe opposition figure fined for slain activist comments

A prominent opposition leader and lawmaker in Zimbabwe who has been detained for nearly 10 months was convicted Wednesday of obstructing the course of justice for recording a video of himself accusing ruling party supporters of killing and dismembering an activist

The Independent UK

Farmers say Zimbabwe government compensation deal comes up short

Ben Gilpin is one of hundreds of commercial farmers who has been offered government compensation for being evicted from their land and farms two decades ago, and found the plan has come up short.

Reuters

Zimbabwe's ruling party vilifies the opposition as American puppets. But the party itself had strong ties to the US

The Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF), which has governed Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, is well known for denouncing the United States’ role as a superpower that polices the world.

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Al Jazeera

Who are the Gold Mafia? Godmen, conmen and a president’s niece

Gangs that smuggle gold and launder money, that is what the Gold Mafia investigation is about. But who are they exactly?

Al Jazeera

‘Like slaves’: Zimbabwe farmworkers lash out at work conditions

Farm labourers in Zimbabwe are decrying colonial-era working & living conditions that they say still defines their jobs.

The Guardian - UK

Robert Mugabe’s son charged in Zimbabwe for damaging cars at party

Son of late authoritarian ruler arrested over damage worth £10,000

The Guardian - UK

Donald Trelford obituary

Editor of the Observer in the 1970s and 80s who fought to retain the paper’s integrity and identity

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‘The Crocodile has not changed’: Zimbabwe opposition warns of election violence

Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa urges world to keep ‘eyes on’ President Mnangagwa amid fears of repression this summer

Salon

Five key elections coming in 2023

Argentina, Nigeria and Turkey will hold crucial elections, with inflation, corruption and democracy on the ballot

Al Jazeera

Analysts predict economic struggles for Zimbabwe in 2023

Ahead of the 2023 polls, there are concerns that Zimbabwe’s economic woes could spill over.

The Independent UK

Biden aims to narrow trust gap with US-Africa leaders summit

President Joe Biden is set to play host to dozens of African leaders in Washington this week as the White House looks to narrow a gaping trust gap with Africa

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe's imposing new Chinese-funded parliament opens

Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa has delivered a State of the Nation address at the country's new multimillion-dollar parliament building

ABC News

The Booker Prize 2022 shortlist: a reading guide

A blistering critique of White America, a devastating novella set in Ireland, and a Zimbabwean Animal Farm for the 21st century are among the novels vying for the prestigious literary award.

The Independent UK

Amid the chaos, the WHO’s Tedros plans for the next pandemic

While Tedros has yet to catch the virus, his life, at the centre of the pandemic, has been infected by the chaos and conspiracy Covid-19 has created, writes Adam Taylor

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