Government charges 35 election monitors with plotting to release poll results
Voting extended to 2nd day in parts of capital
Both ruling ZANU-PF party, main opposition confident of winning the polls that started late in Harare and Bulawayo
Voting began in Zimbabwe Wednesday morning amid reports of massive delays that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission blamed on what it calls “logistical problems.” Columbus Mavhunga files this report from the capital, Harare, where both main presidential candidates are hopeful of victory.
When Zimbabwe holds general elections on Wednesday, August 23, there is just one woman presidential candidate out of 11 contenders
President Emmerson Mnangangwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens for Coalition for Change are the main parties vying for votes among other candidates
Accounts of journalists being harassed, attacked or denied access while covering Zimbabwe’s general elections are worrying media analysts. From Harare, Zimbabwe, Columbus Mavhunga has the story for VOA.
Lawyers for the independent presidential candidate want to fight the Supreme Court ruling
But central bank says measures are likely to remain in place after Zimbabwe’s August 23 general election
Move necessary because of police ban on its rallies, opposition says,
But those who are pro-government are saying the law is important to ensure that citizens do not call for sanctions against Zimbabwe
Health care providers in Zimbabwe are leaving the country in droves for better work abroad. The government is scrambling to fill the gaps by better equipping hospitals, as Columbus Mavhunga reports from Harare, Zimbabwe.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is promoting the sport a year after making a similar trip to Nigeria, and he also appears to be supporting the ruling ZANU-PF party
Ruling says Savior Kasukuwere, who left Zimbabwe after the 2017 overthrow of former President Robert Mugabe, hasn't been in the country for required 18 months
FIFA banned Zimbabwe from international matches in February 2022, after the government in Harare tried to take control of the Zimbabwe Football Association
Government’s critics point out most election violence comes from the state
Job Sikhala says prison has hardened his resolve to fight ‘until justice is obtained’
Average Zimbabweans are feeling the effects of the country’s weak currency, known as bond notes or ZWL
Experts question if an ailing economy will allow the ruling party to extend its 43-year-rule of the southern African country
Central bank’s measures have failed to stop Zimbabwe’s dollar from drastically depreciating
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