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Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa wins second term, opposition rejects result

Elections commission says Mnangagwa won 52.6 percent of the vote compared with 44 percent for challenger Nelson Chamisa. Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won a second and final term in office in an outcome rejected by the opposition and questioned by observers. Mnangagwa, who took over from longtime leader Robert Mugabe after a 2017 army coup, was widely expected to secure re-election despite the country’s continuing economic crisis, with analysts saying […]

today27 August 2023

International News

Voters cast ballots in landmark polls

Millions of Zimbabweans are heading to the polls to vote in the country's first elections since independence in 1980 without the name of long-time leader Robert Mugabe on the ballot. Polling stations opened at 7am (05:00 GMT) on Monday and will close at 7pm (17:00 GMT). More than five million Zimbabweans have registered to take part in the landmark elections and pick their next president and members of parliament. A […]

today30 July 2018

International News

President Mnangagwa ‘faces resistance by his own Zanu-PF MPs

Zimbabwe's new president Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly facing an internal revolt "after it emerged his calls for polls to go ahead as early as August could be resisted by his own Zanu-PF MPs". According to The Standard, Zanu-PF legislatures wanted the forthcoming elections postponed by at least three years as the party was "locked in chaos" after a vicious succession battle within the party. The lawmakers were also scared that […]

today23 January 2018

International News

Zimbabwe: Former army chief appointed vice-president of Zanu-PF

Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has named the former army chief who led a coup that ended Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule, as one of his two deputies in the ruling party, the presidency said. Presidential press secretary George Charamba said in a statement, retired general Constantino Chiwenga and long-serving state security minister Kembo Mohadi were appointed as Mnangagwa’s deputies in the Zanu-PF party “with immediate effect.” The party appointment is […]

today24 December 2017

International News

Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa seeks end to Western sanctions

Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa is seeking the removal of sanctions imposed by Western countries, saying they are crippling national development. He also indicated that elections due next July could be brought forward. Speaking to governing Zanu-PF party leaders, Mr Mnangagwa said the government would do everything to make sure they were credible, free and fair. Mr Mnangagwa became president last month after Robert Mugabe was ousted. Mr Mnangagwa is […]

today15 December 2017

International News

Emmerson Mnangagwa promises ‘free and fair’ elections in Zimbabwe

Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in as only the second president of Zimbabwe since the country gained independence in 1980, taking the oath of office in front of 70,000 people in Harare’s main sports stadium. Mnangagwa raised a loud cheer when he pledged that “free and fair elections” would be held next year as scheduled and that the “people’s voice would be heard”. The 75-year-old former spy chief was fired […]

today24 November 2017

International News

Robert Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe’s president

BREAKING NEWS: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has submitted his resignation after nearly four decades as the country's leader. Mugabe defied demands to step down for almost a week after a military takeover and expulsion from his own ruling ZANU-PF party but stepped down on Tuesday, hours after parliament started an impeachment process. Cheers broke out in the parliament after speaker Jacob Mudenda read out Mugabe's resignation letter. "I Robert Gabriel […]

today21 November 2017

International News

Heartbreak in Harare after Mugabe fails to resign

As a noon deadline for President Robert Mugabe to resign nears, as imposed by Zimbabwe's ruling party, people remain in a state of shock after ther 93-year-old leader refused to bow to pressure and quit. Public expectation was high that Mugabe, under incredible pressure to quit, would tender his resignation in a live address to the nation on Sunday evening. But after 37 years in power, Mugabe held to his […]

today20 November 2017

International News

Zimbabwe: What we know so far

There is growing uncertainty in Zimbabwe. Soldiers on Wednesday took over the headquarters of the state broadcaster ZBC and blocked access to government offices, but the army says this is not a military take over. President Robert Mugabe, who leads the ruling Zanu-PF party, is safe, an army spokesman has said. But as yet, there is no official word from the government or the Mugabe family as to their whereabouts. […]

today15 November 2017

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