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A woman takes a break from the queue outside the passport offices in Harare, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Atop many Christmas wish lists in economically troubled Zimbabwe is a travel document and people are flooding the passport office this holiday season ahead of a price hike planned in the New Year. The desperation at the office in the capital is palpable as some people fear the hike could push the cost of obtaining a passport out of reach and economic gloom feeds a surge in migration. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

A Christmas rush to get passports to leave Zimbabwe is fed by economic gloom and a price hike

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

An elderly woman pushes a wheelbarrow past campaign posters in Mabvuku on the outskirts of Harare, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. Zimbabwe was holding by-elections Saturday for nine seats in Parliament after opposition lawmakers were removed from their positions and disqualified from standing again in what they have called an illegal push by the ruling ZANU-PF party to bolster its majority and have the power to change the constitution. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe holds special elections after court rules to remove 9 opposition lawmakers from Parliament

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Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa delivers his speech during his inauguration ceremony at the National Sports Stadium in the capital Harare, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Mnangagwa Monday hailed recent elections as a sign of the country’s “mature democracy” and a victory over Western adversaries, as he took an oath of office following polls whose credibility was questioned by multiple observer missions, including those from Africa. (AP Photo /Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwean president at his inauguration says the disputed election reveals a ‘mature democracy’

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

Zimbabwe's main opposition party deputy spokesperson Gift Siziba addresses a press conference in Harare, Tuesday, Aug, 29, 2023. Siziba told reporters at a news conference that the party was demanding fresh elections supervised by neighbouring countries, digging in on its rejection of of last weeks polls that gave President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his party a majority.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe opposition party calls for fresh elections supervised by neighboring countries

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

Supporters of President Emmerson Mnangagwa celebrate after he was declared the winner by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. This would be Mnangagwa's second and final five year term after winning disputed polls in 2018. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s opposition alleges ‘gigantic fraud’ in vote that extends the ZANU-PF party’s 43-year rule

By Farai Mutsaka and Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends a polling station to cast his vote, in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Polls have opened in Zimbabwe as President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks a second and final term in a country with a history of violent and disputed votes. (AP Photo)

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa wins reelection after troubled vote, officials say

By Farai Mutsaka and Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Supporters of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa attend a campaign rally in Harare, Aug. 9, 2023. 80-year-old Mnangagwa is now seeking re-election for a second term as president in a vote this week that could see the ruling ZANU-PF party extend a 43-year hold on power. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Polls open in Zimbabwe as the president known as ‘the crocodile’ seeks a second and final term

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez runs during warm up before the English Premier League soccer match between Sheffield United and Manchester City at Bramall Lane stadium in Sheffield, England, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. (Tim Keeton/Pool via AP)

Algeria qualifies for African Cup, Egypt’s Elneny has virus

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

A car displays fruits and vegetables while selling them by the side of a busy road in Harare, Zimbabwe, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Cars have become mobile markets in Zimbabwe where enterprising residents are selling goods from their vehicles to cope with economic hardships caused by the coronavirus. With their car doors and trunks wide open by the side of busy roads, eager sellers display a colorful array of goods in Harare, the capital. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Many Zimbabweans sell goods from their cars in hard times

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Zimbabwe’s sex workers on streets despite virus restrictions

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Tobacco auctioneers wear face masks to protect against coronavirus while inspecting crop on the first day of the tobacco marketing season in Harare, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. The tobacco selling season began across the country with auction floors complying with strict Covid-19 measures which included setting up clinics and isolation sites. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Troubled Zimbabwe hopes for some relief in tobacco sales

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

A young boy sits in a queue for cooking gas in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday, March, 29, 2020. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced a nationwide lockdown for 21 days, starting March 30, in an effort to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 coronavirus causes less serious symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause severe illness and even death. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

In Zimbabwe, ‘you win coronavirus or you win starvation’

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Esther Zinyoro Gwena holds one of the babies she has just delivered in her tiny apartment in the poor suburb of Mbare in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. Grandmother Esther Zinyoro Gwena claims to be guided by the holy spirit and has become a local hero, as the country’s economic crisis forces closure of medical facilities, and mothers-to-be seek out untrained birth attendants.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

No training, no gloves: Zimbabwe’s desperate childbirths

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

‘It’s a nightmare’: Zimbabwe struggles with hyperinflation

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Buckets are seen in a queue to fetch water at a borehole in Harare, Tuesday, Sept, 24, 2019. The more than 2 million residents of Zimbabwe's capital and surrounding towns are now without water after authorities shut down the city's main treatment plant, raising new fears about disease after a recent cholera outbreak while the economy crumbles further. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s capital runs dry as taps cut off for 2M people

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press