Zimbabwe Elections

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  Young Pastor, Up Against Heavyweights, Aims For Zimbabwe Poll Upset

  An experienced politician with decades of activism under his belt, Zimbabwe's 45-year-old opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is still known to many as "mukomana" or "the young man".

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  80-Year-Old Zimbabwe Leader Who Ousted Robert Mugabe Seeks Re-Election

  Emmerson Mnangagwa became Zimbabwe's second president after outmanoeuvring long-time ruler Robert Mugabe with a military-backed coup in 2017 -- and at 80 shows no signs of wanting to retire.

• Zimbabwe constitutional court rules Robert Mugabe's election 'fair'

  Zimbabwe's constitutional court today ruled that a disputed elections which handed Robert Mugabe five more years in power were free and fair, dismissing allegations of vote-rigging.

• Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe to be sworn in on Thursday: aide

  Robert Mugabe will be sworn in on Thursday, beginning a fresh five-year mandate as Zimbabwe's president following a disputed election, his spokesman said on Sunday.

• Over 300,000 turned away at Zimbabwe polls: commission

  Nearly 305,000 Zimbabwean voters were turned away and 206,000 received assistance from election officials during last week's disputed vote, organisers said on Thursday.

• Zimbabwe's Mugabe re-elected, rival Tsvangirai vows court challenge

  Africa's oldest leader Robert Mugabe was declared winner of Zimbabwe's disputed election on Saturday, while his main rival Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed the result as a fraud and said he would challenge it in court and in regional forums.

• Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe wins poll landslide, opposition cries foul

  Zimbabwe's 89-year-old Robert Mugabe romped to victory in presidential and parliamentary polls on Saturday, but his longtime foe Morgan Tsvangirai vowed to boycott the government formed by the "fraudulent" vote.

• Robert Mugabe party wins thumping parliamentary majority in Zimbabwe's disputed elections

  President Robert Mugabe's party has won an overwhelming parliamentary majority in Zimbabwe's disputed elections, according to a tally of official results on Friday.

• African missions cautiously approve Zimbabwe vote

  Zimbabwe's elections received cautious approval on Friday from two African observer missions despite allegations by the main challenger to President Robert Mugabe and a local monitoring group that the vote was heavily rigged.

• Vote chaos plunges Zimbabwe back into crisis

  Zimbabwe's disputed election has plunged the country back into a deep political crisis and could open the way for decades more of autocratic rule.

• Robert Mugabe's party claims Zimbabwe election win

  President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party claimed a landslide victory on Thursday in Zimbabwe's elections, but its rival, Prime Minster Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), said there had been "monumental fraud".

• As Zimbabwe counts ballots, President Robert Mugabe struggling to extend term

  Zimbabwe police vowed to crack down on any attempts to leak early results from Tuesday's vote, complicating plans by some civic groups to pre-empt official announcements by the country's election commission.

• President Robert Mugabe's election rush quashes Zimbabwe reform hopes

  Just after Zimbabwe's top court told President Robert Mugabe to hold elections before the end of July, he appeared in a documentary combining domestic campaign mode with a diplomatic charm offensive.