Zimbabwe goes to the polls amid deepening economic crisis
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Promises to get inflation and unemployment on track after years of Mugabe rule have failed to materialiseAn ever-worsening economic situation will hang over Zimbabwean voters when they go to the polls on Wednesday in a repeat of the 2018 election pitting President Emmerson Mnangagwa against his charismatic and relatively youthful challenger, Nelson Chamisa.Mnangagwa narrowly defeated Chamisa five years ago after the coup that deposed Robert Mugabe, and pledged to to tackle the economy “head on” in his first term. However, unemployment, inflation and falls in the value of the Zimdollar have persisted. Continue reading...