Zimbabwe Elections

Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube arrives to present 2021 National Budget to the parliament in Harare © Zimbabwe’s finance minister Mthuli Ncube arrives to present 2021 national budget to parliament in Harare, Zimbabwe,REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

'high-stakes game'

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© File photo of Douglas Mwonzora, leader of oppsotion party MDC-T(AFP photo/Jekesai Njikizana).

snake strategy

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Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends a rally against Western sanctions in Harare

settling scores

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© Zimbabwe opposition party leader Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) casts his ballot during by-elections in March 2022. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)

caught off guard

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Main opposition party CCC could run out of time as election date set week earlier Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has set 23 August for the polls, leaving Citizens Coalition for Change with only three weeks to complete its int...

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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

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...
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party Citizen Coalition For Change (CCC) supporters stand outside Bindura Civil Court in Bindura, Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe, 9 July,2023. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

Revving for redo

Premium badgeZimbabwe: CCC approaches SADC to push for fresh polls After the Zimbabwean presidential inauguration, the opposition CCC is engaging SADC countries to support its demands for new elections.
© A woman casts her vote at a polling station during the general election in Luveve township, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, August 23, 2023. REUTERS/KB Mpofu

voter intimidation

Premium badgeRural voters in Zimbabwe tell of death threats and intimidation As observer reports emerge citing widespread voter intimidation in rural areas by ZANU-PF and collusion by the NEC, The Africa Report provides an eyew...

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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

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...
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party Citizen Coalition For Change (CCC) supporters stand outside Bindura Civil Court in Bindura, Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe, 9 July,2023. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

Revving for redo

Premium badgeZimbabwe: CCC approaches SADC to push for fresh polls After the Zimbabwean presidential inauguration, the opposition CCC is engaging SADC countries to support its demands for new elections.
© A woman casts her vote at a polling station during the general election in Luveve township, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, August 23, 2023. REUTERS/KB Mpofu

voter intimidation

Premium badgeRural voters in Zimbabwe tell of death threats and intimidation As observer reports emerge citing widespread voter intimidation in rural areas by ZANU-PF and collusion by the NEC, The Africa Report provides an eyew...

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Emmerson Mnangagwa Zimbabwe

parallel control

Premium badgeZimbabwe: How intelligence and military are running the upcoming general polls Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has created a parallel structure run by the State’s Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) to run internal po...