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Zimbabwe Election 2023

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A supporter of Zimbabwe’s ruling party, Zanu-PF, holds up an election campaign poster during a rally addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. (Jekesai Njikizana/Getty Images)
CONSTITUTIONAL VOTING RIGHTS

Embracing the diaspora vote can enfranchise Zimbabwean economic nomads

The country needs to amend its laws and mandate the electoral commission to implement mechanisms to enable the diaspora to vote

  • Tendai Mikioni
6 min read
President of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Nelson Chamisa, speaks during a press conference over the results of the general election in Harare, Zimbabwe on August 27, 2023. Photo by Mkhululi Thobela/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
CCC

Nelson Chamisa claims victory in ‘flawed’ Zimbabwe election

The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) refused to ratify the results, asserting that they were “false”

  • Afp
4 min read
Opposition supporters barricade a street in the central Harare, to protest against the results of Zimbabwes presidential election, on 01 August 2018. (Photo by Wilfred Kajese/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
EMMERSON MNANGAGWA

Citizens expect ‘bloodshed’ ahead of Zim’s 2023 elections

Human rights body says research indicates the polls are viewed as a nightmare instead of an opportunity

  • Marko Phiri
4 min read