Zimbabwe

© Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks to the media at State House in Harare, 27 August 2023. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

Narrow victory

Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa hails ‘mature democracy’ after re-election Zimbabweans voted Wednesday and Thursday for president and parliament in polling marred by delays.
General election in Bulawayo

pressure cooker

Premium badgeZimbabwe elections: ZANU-PF claims early lead, observers arrested Mnangagwa’s party flouts electoral law by announcing results before the Electoral Commission, following the arrests of 41 poll observers.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, 25 May 2023. (AFP/Concord Group)

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Voters wait to cast their ballot during the Zimbabwe general elections in Kwekwe, outside Harare. (Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)

delays, disappointment

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Zimbabwe’s new president Emmerson Mnangagwa and his wife Auxillia in 2017. (Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)

Nepo babies

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© Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks to the media at State House in Harare, 27 August 2023. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

his way

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File photo of Zimbabwe’s second Vice President Kembo Mohadi. (Reuters/Feline Lim)

you again?

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Zimbabwe’s new president Emmerson Mnangagwa and his wife Auxillia in 2017. (Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)

Nepo babies

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Ignoring the party, Mnangagwa selects his friends and family cabinet Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stocked the cabinet with friends and relatives, an official change from his first term.
© Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks to the media at State House in Harare, 27 August 2023. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

his way

Premium badgeA look into Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa’s second term Emmerson Mnangagwa’s family cabinet selection and widespread criticism of Zimbabwe’s sham election indicate the country’s continued diplomatic isolati...
File photo of Zimbabwe’s second Vice President Kembo Mohadi. (Reuters/Feline Lim)

you again?

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Zimbabwe election watchdog Team Pachedu has brought out a new app to help voters. (Team Pachedu)

water-tight poll?

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President Emmerson Mnangagwa lacks Mugabe’s intellectual flair. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

crocodile tears

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© Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa (R), stops to meet and eat with Mr Kwande (L), a baker. (@edmnangagwa twitter)

Empty calories

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© Zimbabwean author NoViolet Bulawayo holds her book ‘Glory’, shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize for Fiction. (Daniel Leal/ AFP)

orwellian romp

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Supporters of Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa cheer at a rally in Harare ahead of the 2023 general elections. (REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo)

elephant in the room

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Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives to address a ZANU-PF rally in Harare, Zimbabwe, 9 August 2023. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

crushing dissent

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