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1 year after Mugabe fall, Zimbabwe asks ‘what has changed?’

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Motorists wait to fill up their tanks at a fuel station in Harare, Tuesday, Oct, 9, 2018. As Zimbabwe plunges into its worst economic crisis in a decade, gas lines are snaking for hours, prices are spiking and residents goggle as the new government insists that the country somehow has risen to middle income status. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe faces its worst economic crisis in a decade

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Armed soldiers stood guard as Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived for the Parliament's opening session on Tuesday. Zimbabwe's opposition walked as Mr. Mnangagwa delivered his State of the Nation address. (Associated Press/File)

Zimbabwe’s Emmerson Mnangagwa faces old divisions

By Frank Chikowore - Special to The Washington Times

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives for the opening of the first session of the 9th Parliament in Harare, Tuesday, Sept, 18, 2018. Zimbabwe's opposition walked out of parliament as Mnangagwa delivered a State of the Nation Address as politics remain tense after a disputed election. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s opposition walks out during president’s speech

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A soldier looks at a portrait of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the venue of his inauguration in Harare, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. This is the second swearing-in of Mnangagwa in just nine months as a country once jubilant over the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe is now more subdued after the reemergence of harassment of the opposition.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

A subdued Zimbabwe inaugurates Mnangagwa after disputed vote

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

A soldier looks at a portrait of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the venue of his inauguration in Harare, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. This is the second swearing-in of Mnangagwa in just nine months as a country once jubilant over the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe is now more subdued after the reemergence of harassment of the opposition.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

The Latest: Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa takes oath of office

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Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa addresses a media conference at the party headquarters in Harare, Saturday, Aug, 25, 2018. Chamisa said he respectfully rejects the court ruling upholding President Emmerson Mnangagwas narrow election win. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe opposition rejects ruling and ‘false’ inauguration

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Armed Riot police patrol on a street, in Harare, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. Zimbabwe's constitutional court was set to rule Friday afternoon on the main opposition's challenge to the results of last month's historic presidential election. Security was tight in the capital, Harare, as the court will determine whether President Emmerson Mnangagwa's narrow victory is valid. The opposition claims vote-rigging and seeks either a fresh election or a declaration that its candidate, 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa, won. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

The Latest: Zimbabwe opposition now rejects election ruling

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A police officer directs pedestrians while seated on a bin with a campaign poster of opposition leader Nelson Chamisa on a street, in Harare, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. Zimbabwe's constitutional court was set to rule Friday afternoon on the main opposition's challenge to the results of last month's historic presidential election. Security was tight in the capital, Harare, as the court will determine whether President Emmerson Mnangagwa's narrow victory is valid. The opposition claims vote-rigging and seeks either a fresh election or a declaration that its candidate, 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa, won. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe court unanimously upholds president’s election win

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Lawyers representing the opposition party in Zimbabwe are seen upon arrival at the Constitutional Court in Harare, Wednesday, Aug, 22, 2018, to begin a challenge to the results of last months historic presidential election. The opposition claims the vote had &quot;gross mathematical errors&quot; and seeks a fresh election or a declaration of its candidate Nelson Chamisa as the winner of the July 30 vote. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe court to rule Friday on opposition’s vote challenge

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols, left, is seen during a courtesy call with Zimbabwean President elect Emmerson Mnangagwa at his official residence State House in Harare, Wednesday, Aug, 15, 2018. Nichols emphasised the need to respect human rights as Zimbabwe awaits a court ruling on whether the election results are valid. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe president urges court to toss opposition challenge

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses people during a Heroes' Day holiday event to commemorate the lives of those who died in the southern African country's 1970s war against white minority rule, in Harare, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Zimbabwe's president has called on the troubled country to unite and &quot;put the election period behind us and embrace the future&quot; in his first public address since winning disputed elections. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa urges nation to move beyond elections

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

In this July 27, 2018, file photo, Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. Zimbabwe's electoral commission said Friday, Aug. 3, Mnangagwa has won in Monday's election as the ruling party maintains control of the government in the first vote after the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe. (Mike Hutchings/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Zimbabwe opposition says ‘fake’ results give Emmerson Mnangagwa win

By Christopher Torchia and Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

Zimbabwean President elect Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses a press conference in Harare, Friday, Aug, 3, 2018. Zimbabwe's president says people are free to approach the courts if they have issues with the results of Monday's election, which he carried with just over 50 percent of the vote. President Emmerson Mnangagwa spoke to journalists shortly after opposition leader Nelson Chamisa called the election results manipulated and said they would be challenged in court. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s ‘Crocodile’ faces tough challenges as president

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

A vendor sells sponges near newspaper headlines on the streets of Harare, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018. Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa won an election Friday with just over 50 percent of the ballots as the ruling party maintained control of the government in the first vote since the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

The Latest: Zimbabwe’s president welcomes court challenge

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Police patrol outside the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission offices in Harare, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. Zimbabwe's ruling party has won a majority of seats in Parliament according to results announced Wednesday, but the results of the presidential vote have not yet been declared Thursday Aug. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa wins 1st post-Mugabe election

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Zimbabwe police officers block the road leading to the opposition offices in Harare, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. Zimbabwe's acting President said Thursday that his government had been in touch with the main opposition leader in an attempt to ease tensions after election related violence in the capital. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

The Latest: Streets quiet in Zimbabwe capital after results

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Main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters celebrate prematurely outside their headquarters in Harare, Zimbabwe, Tuesday, July 31, 2018, believing they have won the elections that took place Monday. Zimbabwe's electoral commission has announced the first official results of Monday's elections but says it is waiting to release any news on the presidential race until all results are collated. Both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and main opposition challenger Nelson Chamisa, seen on cloth, have expressed optimism about the results. (AP Photo/Mujahid Safodien)

Unrest, uncertainty intensify over disputed Zimbabwe election

By Connor Foarde - The Washington Times

Police patrol outside the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission offices in Harare, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. Zimbabwe's ruling party has won a majority of seats in Parliament, the electoral commission announced Wednesday, as the country braced for the first official results of the presidential election. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

The Latest: Zimbabwe troops in Harare until ‘situation over’

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People look at results placed outside a polling station in Harare, Zimbabwe, Tuesday, July 31, 2018. Zimbabweans on Tuesday awaited the first results from an election that they hope will lift the country out of economic and political stagnation after decades of rule by former leader Robert Mugabe. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

The Latest: Zimbabwe officials wait to release vote results

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