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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

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa at 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)

Zimbabwe’s president, a former guerrilla fighter known as ‘the crocodile,’ is seeking reelection

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, June, 2, 2017 file photo Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe smiles during a youth rally in Marondera, east of Harare. The wealth of Zimbabwe’s former longtime president Robert Mugabe was long a mystery. Now the first official list of assets to be made public says he left behind $10 million and several houses when he died in September, 2019. Some in Zimbabwe view that estate as far too modest for Mugabe, who ruled for 37 years and was accused by critics of accumulating vast riches and presiding over grand corruption. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe left behind $10 million, some houses

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

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

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Children carry firewood near the place where former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was supposed to be buried at the National Heroes Acre, in Harare, Friday, Sept, 27, 2019. Zimbabwe's former president Mugabe will now be buried at his rural home, according to a government spokesperson. Mugabe's burial location has been a source of mystery and contention since his death earlier this month at age 95 in Singapore. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe now expected to be buried on Saturday

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

The casket of former president Robert Mugabe is loaded by military officers into a vehicle as it departs after a state funeral at the National Sports Stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. African heads of state and envoys gathered to attend a state funeral for Zimbabwe's founding president, Robert Mugabe, whose burial has been delayed for at least a month until a special mausoleum can be built for his remains. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Zimbabwe drama around Mugabe’s burial place continues

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

The Reagan administration and prominent black Americans at the time repeatedly passed on opportunities to expose and condemn Mugabe's campaign of violence and terror, critics say. (Associated Press/File)

Robert Mugabe massacres in Zimbabwe haunt U.S.

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

In this photo taken Sept. 13, 2019, Associated Press journalist Andrew Meldrum poses for a photograph at the entrance to State House in the capital Harare, Zimbabwe. After 16 years in journalistic exile, Meldrum returned to Zimbabwe, the country where he worked as a journalist for 23 years until he was expelled by former president Robert Mugabe's government. For the past week he reported on the mourning period for Mugabe. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

‘Welcome back’ - a reporter’s fraught re-entry to Zimbabwe

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

A night vigil prayer is held for a missing doctor, Peter Magombeyi, by well wishers and fellow doctors at Harare hospital in Zimbabwe Tuesday, Sept,17, 2019. The Zimbabwe Hospitals Association has said that that their president, Peter Magombeyi, was abducted on Saturday, days after receiving threats on his phone. Magombeyi had expressed concerns to journalists about the poor state of Zimbabwe,s hospitals.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe doctors march as abducted leader is still missing

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

In this photo taken Sept. 13, 2019, Associated Press journalist Andrew Meldrum poses for a photograph at the entrance to State House in the capital Harare, Zimbabwe. After 16 years in journalistic exile, Meldrum returned to Zimbabwe, the country where he worked as a journalist for 23 years until he was expelled by former president Robert Mugabe's government. For the past week he reported on the mourning period for Mugabe. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

‘Welcome back’ - a reporter’s fraught re-entry to Zimbabwe

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

A man in the stands holds a banner with the face of former president Robert Mugabe, as members of the public queue up to view his body at the Rufaro stadium in the capital Harare, Zimbabwe Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. The ongoing uncertainty of the burial of Mugabe, who died last week in Singapore at the age of 95, has eclipsed the elaborate plans for Zimbabweans to pay their respects to the former guerrilla leader at several historic sites. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe honored at state funeral, burial delayed

By ANDREW MELDRUM and FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

The casket of former president Robert Mugabe is carried by the presidential guard to an air force helicopter for transport to a stadium where it will lie in state, at his official residence in the capital Harare, Zimbabwe Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. The ongoing uncertainty of the burial of Mugabe, who died last week in Singapore at the age of 95, has eclipsed the elaborate plans for Zimbabweans to pay their respects to the former guerrilla leader at several historic sites. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe to be buried in 30 days, at new mausoleum

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

Widow Grace Mugabe wears a black veil as she follows the casket of former president Robert Mugabe to an air force helicopter for transport to a stadium where it will lie in state, at his official residence in the capital Harare, Zimbabwe Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. Controversy over where and when Robert Mugabe will be buried has overshadowed arrangements for Zimbabweans to pay their respects to the deceased leader. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Zimbabwe’s Grace Mugabe regains prominence for husband

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

A coffin carrying the remains of Zimbabwe's longtime ruler Robert Mugabe arrives from Singapore, at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. The body of Mugabe is being flown to the capital, Harare, on Wednesday where it will be displayed at historic locations for several days before burial at a location still undecided because of friction between the ex-leader's family and the government. AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Zimbabwe honors Robert Mugabe, amid uncertainty over burial

By Andrew Meldrum and Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

Supporters of Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe place his portrait next to that of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Harare, Tuesday, Sept, 10, 2019. Mugabe who died aged 95 in Singapore, is expected to be buried on Sunday according to state media. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared him a national hero. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Few turn out as Mugabe is returned to a Zimbabwe in crisis

By ANDREW MELDRUM and FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

A man walks past a mural of former president Robert Mugabe, in the low income neighbourhood of Mbare, known to have many supporters of Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, in the capital Harare, Zimbabwe Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. Mugabe, who enjoyed strong backing from Zimbabwe's people after taking over in 1980, but whose support waned following decades of repression, economic mismanagement and allegations of election-rigging, is expected to be buried on Sunday, state media reported. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Mugabe’s body heading home to Zimbabwe for mourning, burial

By SYAWALLUDIN ZAIN - Associated Press

Mary Chipiro, a farm worker at Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's Dairy farm, sits with her child outside her thatched hut at the farm compound in Mazoe, Zimbabwe, Monday, Sept, 9 2019. Mugabe, who enjoyed strong backing from Zimbabwe's people after taking over in 1980, but whose support waned following decades of repression, economic mismanagement and allegations of election-rigging, is expected to be buried on Sunday, state media reported. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Workers on Mugabe’s farms hope his widow will help them

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Zimbabweans sit and pray on top of a large rock on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. Former president Robert Mugabe, who enjoyed strong backing from Zimbabwe's people after taking over in 1980 but whose support waned following decades of repression, economic mismanagement and allegations of election-rigging, is expected to be buried next Sunday, state media reported. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe to lie in state at 2 different stadiums

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Friday, Nov. 17, 2017 file photo, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe officiates at a student graduation ceremony at Zimbabwe Open University on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe. On Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his predecessor Robert Mugabe, age 95, has died. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

State media: Mugabe to be buried next Sunday

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Friday, Nov. 17, 2017 file photo, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe officiates at a student graduation ceremony at Zimbabwe Open University on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe. On Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his predecessor Robert Mugabe, age 95, has died. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Mugabe’s anti-colonial rage fueled long reign over Zimbabwe

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press