Harare, Zimbabwe – For days now, Lolo Zuma, a 37-year-old mother of three, has pondered and agonised over how she will provide for her three school-going children. “If Zimbabwe African National National Union-Patriotic Front wins, I will become a sex worker to earn a living for my three children,” Zuma told Al Jazeera as vote tabulation in the general elections …
In July 2018, Zimbabwe’s president and leader of its ruling ZANU-PF party, Emmerson Mnangagwa, narrowly won his re-election bid against the Movement for Democratic Change alliance leader Nelson Chamisa. Chamisa will attempt to lead his new party, the Citizens Coalition for Change, to a historic win, oust ZANU-PF from power after 43 years, and become Zimbabwe’s next president. “Let us …
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power. In an interview with The Associated Press, Nelson Chamisa also warned that any evidence of tampering by Mnangagwa’s ruling party in upcoming elections could lead to “total disaster” for a beleaguered nation that is in economic …
Democracy is on the ballot in Nigeria, Turkey, Zimbabwe, Argentina and Pakistan this year. Here are their psephologically pearls of wisdom: Nigeria Carl LeVan, professor of comparative and regional studies at American University Some of the campaign dynamics heading into the Nigerian presidential election will seem familiar to those who follow the country, with politics still deeply entwined with the …
Unlike their Western counterparts, African leaders are being cautious in characterising the conflict in Ukraine as a war. In East Africa, Uganda laid out the red carpet to Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, who was on a four-nation tour to win the continent’s support over to Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The Herald, a state-run daily, takes its cue from Moscow’s …