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August 24, 2018
Policeman Shot Outside ZEC Commissioner's House Few Hours After ConCourt Election Ruling

“Sad developments at my house where a member of the police protection unit is lying in a pool blood after gunshots. Motive unknown!!!.”
August 24, 2018
Zimbabwe Constitutional Court Declares Mnangagwa Duly-Elected President

Malaba said the nine-member bench reached this unanimous decision due to lack of primary evidence derived from ballot boxes.
August 21, 2018
Zimbabwe War Vets Attack USA, Mugabe And MDC Alliance Over Sanctions, ZIDERA

War veterans leader Victor Matemadanda led the charge claiming that USA wants to economically suffocate Zimbabwe together with Mugabe and the MDC Alliance.
August 20, 2018
ZANU PF Strongly Challenging MDC Alliance Election Petition as Chamisa Slams Mnangagwa

Chamisa claims that he won the presidential election saying Mnangagwa’s election figures did not match with the number of people registered at certain polling stations.
August 20, 2018
British MP Says It's Premature to Lift Targeted Sanctions Imposed on Zanu PF Officials

" ... Any re-engagement with the current government has to be very, very careful and certainly to automatically lift all sanctions and treat Zimbabwe as a normal democratic open country at this stage would be premature.”
August 19, 2018
Mnangagwa Suspends University Professor Over Grace Mugabe's PhD Awarded 'Unprocedurally'

Ten lecturers from the Department of Sociology early this year protested over the awarding of the doctorate to Mrs. Mugabe claiming that Professor Nyagura conducted himself in an unprofessional manner.
August 19, 2018
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Reduces Mnangagwa Final Election Win by Over 4,000 Votes

“After the correction of the observed errors … Nelson Chamisa gained 4,483 votes representing a change of 0.1 percent of the announced results whilst Emmerson Mnangagwa’s votes reduced by 4,453 votes representing a 0.8 percent of the announced results.”
August 13, 2018
Zanu PF Set to File Opposing Papers Against MDC Alliance's Election Petition

Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana, Zanu PF’s secretary for Legal Affairs, told the state-controlled media Sunday that they have set up a 12-member team to tackle the case.
August 09, 2018
United States Gravely Concerned by Detentions, Human Rights Abuses in Zimbabwe

“While Zimbabwe had a historic opportunity to move the country toward a brighter future for all its citizens, an electoral process marred by violence that does not respect constitutional rights and procedures is not a step toward that future.”
August 09, 2018
Tendai Biti's Zambian Lawyer Says Client's Deportation Violates Refugee, International Laws

“The Zambian authorities have violated the Refugee Control Act of Zambia and the Immigration and Deportation Act because first of all, ordinarily any Zambian or Zimbabwean does not need a visa to go to either country ..."
August 09, 2018
Opposition Leader Tendai Biti Asylum Case Tests Zimbabwe-Zambia Relations

“The application was done in the morning, and up to now, we have not had formal communication as to what the position of the Zambian government is on the application."
August 08, 2018
U.S Senator Coons: I'm Concerned About Arbitrary Arrests, Detentions And State Violence in Zimbabwe

“I am watching the situation in Zimbabwe very closely, and I am concerned about reports of arbitrary arrests, detentions, and government-sponsored violence. These tactics have no place in a democracy, and the government must ensure they stop immediately ..."
August 07, 2018
Several Nations, EU Condemn Violence, Human Rights Violations in Zimbabwe

" ... These tragic events stand in sharp contrast to the high hopes and expectations for a peaceful, inclusive, transparent and credible election in Zimbabwe."
August 07, 2018
Zimbabwe Lawyers Group Says Govt Intensifying Arrest of MDC Activists

Over the weekend, the Zimbabwe Republic Police arrested three people - Simbarashe Zvobgo, Trymore Mubaiwa and Searchmore Mutegude - bringing the total number of people arrested since last week to 27.
August 04, 2018
American Senator Says Use of Military to Suppress Zimbabwe Protesters Echoes Dreadful Past

"... The use of the Zimbabwean military to respond to political protests, or the use of the police force to disrupt press conferences, does not signal a new era, rather it echoes a dreadful past."
August 03, 2018
Mnangagwa's Victory May Not Be Sweet Following Contested Polls, Killing of Civilians

Mnangagwa won the ballot by 50.8 percent of the votes, giving him the legitimacy he sought after the November military intervention that forced the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe, and ushered him into office.
August 03, 2018
Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa Wins Presidential Election

Mnangagwa amassed 2,460.463 votes compared to his rival Nelson Chamisa of the Movement for Democratic Alliance who got 2,147.436 (44.3%).
August 03, 2018
Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa Leading in Presidential Poll

ZEC is expected to announce the last presidential election results for Mashonaland West province, a Zanu stronghold.
August 02, 2018
Zimbabwe Opposition Demands Release of Election Results as Mnangwaga Attacks MDC Alliance

"We hold the opposition MDC Alliance and its whole leadership responsible for this disturbance of national peace which was meant to disrupt the electoral process ..."
July 31, 2018
Mnangagwa, Chamisa Receiving Positive Information on Election Results

Mnangagwa said on Twitter that he was delighted by the high voter turnout, which the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission put at 75 percent.

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