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Zimbabwean Police arrests Mnangagwa critic over Facebook post

Zimbabwean police have arrested a critic of Emmerson Mnangagwa on charges of insulting the president in a Facebook post, lawyers said Thursday, highlighting allegations of a crackdown on government opponents. Munyaradzi Shoko, a well-known critic of Mnangagwa, was held after he posted

August 23, 2018

Zimbabwe

‘A runoff is unavoidable,’ MDC Alliance lawyer tells court

Zimbabwe’s capital was under tight security on Wednesday as the Constitutional Court began to hear the main opposition party’s challenge to the results of last month’s historic presidential election. Police barricaded the streets around the court in central Harare amid high tensions

August 22, 2018

Breaking News·Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe election petition: MDC alleges ‘massive doctoring’ of the vote

Zimbabwe’s opposition argued in the country’s top court on Wednesday that the presidential election results must be thrown out, alleging that only “massive doctoring” of the vote had kept Emmerson Mnangagwa in office. Lawyers for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) launched

August 22, 2018

Zimbabwe

SADC leaders call for calm ahead of Zimbabwe poll ruling

Southern African leaders on Saturday called for calm in Zimbabwe as the country awaits a Constitutional Court hearing on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s disputed election victory. The main opposition the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has accused the ruling ZANU-PF party and the

August 18, 2018

Zimbabwe

United Nations chief tells Emmerson Mnangagwa to resolve election crisis

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa during a telephone conversation that he must rein in his security forces after six people were killed in election violence, a UN spokesman said Tuesday. Guterres also spoke by phone with opposition

August 7, 2018

Zimbabwe

‘Shot like dogs ’: Zimbabwe buries its dead

Chinamhora (Zimbabwe) – The four children of a fruit-seller gunned down by Zimbabwean soldiers in post-election violence wept uncontrollably at the sight of their father lying in a casket under a baking sun. Ishmail Kumire, 41, was one of the six victims

August 5, 2018

Zimbabwe

EU observers to report on Zimbabwe election as country awaits results

European Union observers are expected to give their report on Zimbabwe’s presidential election Wednesday as the country waits impatiently for results of the first vote since Robert Mugabe was ousted after 37 years in power. The opposition MDC party Tuesday claimed victory

August 1, 2018

Zimbabwe·Zimbabwe 2018 Elections

Peaceful protests if Mnangagwa wins says Nelson Chamisa

HARARE: Zimbabwe’s historic election on Monday is likely to be flawed and the opposition will launch peaceful protests if President Emmerson Mnangagwa wins in a disputed vote, the main opposition leader said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press. The 40-year-old

July 29, 2018

Zimbabwe·Zimbabwe 2018 Elections

External observers face tricky test in Zimbabwe Election

In Nyatsime village outside Harare, European Union election observers go from home to home collecting detailed survey answers — their first mission to Zimbabwe for 16 years since being abruptly expelled. In 2002, the head of the EU election mission was thrown

July 25, 2018

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean president Mngangagwa informs white farmers their land is safe

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday assured Zimbabwe’s white farmers that their land will not be taken, calling on them to work together with the government ahead of landmark elections on July 30. Under his predecessor Robert Mugabe, white farmers were evicted in

July 21, 2018

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