Nelson Chamisa, leader of Zimbabwe’s main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change, addresses supporters at a rally.
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Zanu-PF’s anti-American rhetoric is not only deployed to win friends abroad. As elections approach, it is also a prominent campaign tactic at home.
Zimbabwe’s opposition Citizens Coalition for Change supporters attend an election campaign rally in Harare, in February. Zimbabwe, 20 February.
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To stem the tide of the current crisis before it totally overwhelms President Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF, he needs to immediately cease the brutal onslaught on civilians.
MDC-Alliance supporters at a campaign rally addressed by the party leader Nelson Chamisa.
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Morgan Tsvangirai’s unique power was that he made Zimbabweans excited about the idea of change.
Zimbabwe opposition Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai addressing a crowd outside parliament in Harare last year.
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But for ZANU-PF’s coercion, Tsvangirai could well have ushered in a democratic era in Zimbabwe as the country’s second president.
Jacob Zuma, president of South Africa. There are renewed calls for citizens to directly elect their president and other representatives.
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Changing the South African system to allow for direct election would require the country to look carefully at how a directly elected president should be held accountable to parliament.
Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially been sworn in as interim Zimbabwean President.
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Zimbabweans have every right to celebrate the end of Robert Mugabe’s long and disastrous reign, but they would be wrong to assume that this is the end of their political problems.
Zimbabweans welcome Emmerson Mnangagwa back from his brief exile in South Africa.
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After the fall of autocratic ruler Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe faces a difficult choice between the stability of a transnational government or a potentially divisive election contest.
The new forms of protest in Zimbabwe raise the possibility that the country’s long-simmering crisis may have reached boiling point. The time could indeed be ripe for a unique form of politics.
Joice Mujuru, leader of the new opposition Zimbabwe People First party.
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