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What's at stake in Zimbabwe's elections?

Zimbabweans head to the polls Wednesday for presidential and general elections that come amid a worsening economic crisis. It's tipped to be a tight race. While the opposition appears to have seduced the youth vote, the ruling party ZANU-PF still leads the polls.

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Slaying ‘Goliath’: Can new blood surmount old guard in Zimbabwe election?

Opposition leader Chamisa faces a number of challenges in his bid to become Zimbabwe’s next president.

Al Jazeera

Zimbabwe heads to elections as it sees some of the world's highest inflation

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks a second term facing a familiar rival, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, whom he narrowly beat in the 2018 disputed election.

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Zimbabwe election: Can Nelson Chamisa win? He appeals to young voters but the odds are stacked against him

Nelson Chamisa, the 45-year-old leader of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), is making a second bid to be Zimbabwe’s next president.

The Conversation

Violence in Zimbabwe’s villages imperils hope of smooth elections

Across rural Zimbabwe, there have been reports of violence by supporters of the governing and main opposition parties.

Al Jazeera

Zimbabwe goes to polls amid deepening economic crisis

Promises to get inflation and unemployment on track after decades of Mugabe rule have failed to materialise

The Guardian - UK

Ruling party, opposition hold last-push rallies for Zimbabwe’s vote

Zimbabwe’s governing party and main opposition candidates are hoping to outdo each other in the August 23 elections.

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‘A huge heart’: the insatiable activism of Zimbabwean exile Patson Muzuwa

The long read: After agitating against Robert Mugabe in Harare in the late 90s, Patson Muzuwa fled to the UK. He continued the fight from afar, and became a tireless torchbearer for those he had to leave behind

The Guardian - UK

Zimbabwe's opposition hopes election will break ruling party stranglehold

Zimbabwe goes to the polls this week for an election many hope could end the country's lengthy economic crisis, but those expectations are tempered by concerns that the contest is skewed in favour of a party that has been in power for more than four decades.

Radio France Internationale

Zimbabwe's president, a former guerrilla fighter known as 'the crocodile,' is seeking reelection

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a former guerrilla fighter and bodyguard who responded to being fired as vice president by unseating long-ruling autocrat Robert Mugabe in a coup

The Independent UK

Ambushes and teargas: Zimbabwe opposition suffers as election arrives

Reports of growing repression cast doubt on credibility of polls in country struggling with corruption, inflation and poverty

The Guardian - UK

Five key issues at stake in the Zimbabwe elections

Ahead of the August 23 election, multiple issues are at stake including Zimbabwe’s long-running economic woes.

Al Jazeera

In rural Zimbabwe, a group of grandmothers counters alleged election intimidation, bias on WhatsApp

Ahead of national elections next week, some people in Zimbabwe's rural areas say they are facing intimidation from supporters of the long-ruling ZANU-PF party and a biased state-run media that restricts their options

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe's president tells supporters they will go to heaven if they vote for his party this month

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged thousands of his supporters at a rally to deliver a “thunderous victory” in this month’s national election and proclaimed that “no one will stop us from ruling this country.”

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The killing of an opposition supporter in Zimbabwe was by ruling party followers, witnesses say

Witnesses say a deadly attack on a Zimbabwean opposition supporter was the work of ruling party followers, underlining fears of a violent buildup to this month’s general election

The Guardian - UK

Zimbabwe opposition supporter dies in ambush on way to election rally

Information ministry calls for calm after attack by suspected supporters of country’s ruling Zanu-PF party

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe's opposition leader tells AP intimidation is forcing voters to choose ruling party or death

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power

The Independent UK

Zimbabwe's opposition party claims that a supporter was stoned to death by ruling party's activists

Zimbabwe’s main opposition party says that one of its supporters was stoned to death by ruling party activists while on the way to a political rally

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Zimbabwe’s ‘Patriotic Act’ erodes freedoms and may be a tool for repression

The introduction of the controversial “Patriotic Act” in Zimbabwe will contribute to the erosion of political and civil liberties in a country that has been in the grip of one political party since independence in 1980.

The Independent UK

Zimbabwean women are reduced to cheerleaders in the upcoming election, activists say

In Zimbabwe, the low number of women standing as candidates in general elections scheduled for Aug. 23 is viewed as perpetuating decades-old domination of politics by men

Al Jazeera

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.

Reuters

Zimbabwe's 'Patriotic Bill' outlaws criticism of government before election

Zimbabwe's parliament has outlawed criticism of the government ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections in August, with violations of a new law punishable by up to 20 years in jail.

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

The Guardian - UK

Zimbabwe author Tsitsi Dangarembga has conviction for protest overturned

Harare high court quashes suspended sentence and fine handed down to Booker-longlisted writer last year

Al Jazeera

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.

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