Zimbabwe election: Polls open as Mnangagwa seeks second term
By DW
23 August 2023 |
6:01 pm
Zimbabwe's opposition is seeking to unseat President Emmerson Mnangagw's ZANU-PF party, which has ruled since the country's independence in 1980.
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