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Wireless News
07-30-2018, 04:11 PM
http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/XugchJFYowAAgg.Mr060sw--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2018-07-30T091441Z_1_LYNXMPEE6T0QV-OZATP_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-UK-ZIMBABWE-ELECTION.JPG (https://www.yahoo.com/news/zimbabweans-vote-first-election-since-mugabes-removal-065813884.html)By MacDonald Dzirutwe and Joe Brock HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabweans voted on Monday in the first election since the removal of former president Robert Mugabe, a watershed moment they hope will rid the country of its pariah status and spark a recovery in its failed economy. The election pits 75-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a long-time Mugabe ally, against 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa, a lawyer and pastor vying to become Zimbabwe's youngest head of state. On the eve of the election, Mugabe emerged from eight months of obscurity since the military ousted him in a bloodless coup, to announce he would vote for the opposition, surprising former ally Mnangagwa who accused him of striking a deal with Chamisa.



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