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Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, head of the African Union’’s 70-member election observer mission in Zimbabwe, speaks to media in Harare on Friday, August 2, 2013. Obasanjo said voting in the country itself was peaceful but the observers noted “incidences that could have been avoided and even tended to have breached the law.’’ (AP Photo)

African Union cautiously approves Zimbabwe vote

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 2, 2013 | World

Harare, Zimbabwe, AP—Zimbabwe’s elections received cautious approval Friday from the head of African monitors despite allegations by the main challenger to President Robert Mugabe and a local monitoring group that the vote was heavily rigged. Olusegun Obasanjo,...

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Zimbabwean residents of Hopley Farm queue up to cast their ballots in presidential elections in the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, 31 July 2013 (EPA/AARON UFUMELI)

Zimbabwe goes to the polls

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 31, 2013 | World

Harare, Reuters—Zimbabweans voted in large numbers on Wednesday in a fiercely contested election pitting veteran President Robert Mugabe against Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who has vowed to push Africa’s oldest leader into retirement after 33 years in...