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Zimbabweans queue to vote in Harare, Zimbabwe, at the start of the country's elections Monday, July 30, 2018. Zimbabweans are voting in their first election without Robert Mugabe on the ballot, a contest that could open the way toward international legitimacy or signal more stagnation if the vote is seriously flawed. (AP Photo/Shepherd Tozvireva)

The Latest: Counting underway in Zimbabwe’s historic vote

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Zimbabwe opposition challenger Nelson Chamisa participates in a Sunday church service in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday July 29, 2018. Zimbabwe votes Monday in an election that could, if deemed credible, tilt the country toward recovery after years of economic collapse and repression under former leader Robert Mugabe. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Zimbabwe’s historic election: A look at the top candidates

Associated Press

An opposition party supporter reacts during Nelson Chamisas last rally in Harare, Saturday, July, 28, 2018. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and main challenger Nelson Chamisa held final campaign rallies Saturday ahead of Mondays election in a country seeking to move past decades of economic and poltical paralysis. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Recovery or stagnation? Zimbabwe holds pivotal vote Monday

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, July 24, 2018 photo, the remains of Julius Mvulo Nyathi lie on a table at the Solidarity Peace Trust offices in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Nyathi, who was killed over 30 years ago by Zimbabwean soldiers during the Matabeleland Massacres, was exhumed earlier in 2018 and is scheduled to receive a proper reburial Aug. 4, 2018. Shari Eppel, director of the Solidarity Peace Trust, said many in Matabeleland say the region is haunted by &quot;angry dead.&quot; “The angry dead are the people buried in the wrong place and who haven’t had the right rituals at the time of their murder and burial.&quot; (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland massacre haunts Monday’s elections

By BRAM JANSSEN and ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

Supporters of Nelson Chamisa raise their hands in support during his last rally in Harare, Saturday, July, 28, 2018. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and main challenger Nelson Chamisa held final campaign rallies Saturday ahead of Mondays election in a country seeking to move past decades of economic and poltical paralysis. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s historic post-Mugabe election: A timeline

Associated Press

Zimbabwe opposition challenger Nelson Chamisa participates in a Sunday church service in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday July 29, 2018. Zimbabwe votes Monday in an election that could, if deemed credible, tilt the country toward recovery after years of economic collapse and repression under former leader Robert Mugabe. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Zimbabwe’s historic election: A look at the top candidates

Associated Press

Zimbabweans participate in a Sunday church service in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday July 29, 2018. Zimbabwe votes Monday in an election that could, if deemed credible, tilt the country toward recovery after years of economic collapse and repression under former leader Robert Mugabe. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

The Latest: US observers hope Zimbabwe polls will be fair

Associated Press

Grace Mugabe attends a press conference addressed by her husband former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe at their residence in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday July 29, 2018. Robert Mugabe is speaking to the nation for the first time since stepping down from power in November and less than 24 hours before the country faces a historic vote — the first without him. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe emerges, rejects ruling party in election

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Ruling ZANU PF supporters arrive at an election rally in Harare, Zimbabwe on Saturday July 28, 2018. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, shown on poster at left, and main challenger Nelson Chamisa are set to hold final campaign rallies ahead of Monday's election in a country seeking to move past decades of economic and political paralysis. (AP Photo)

Zimbabwe rallies one last time before historic election

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

In this Monday, July 23, 2018 photo, Ellis Ndlovu, 91, poses for a portrait in her Simbumbumbu, Zimbabwe home. Ndlovu's son, Edwel, was killed 34 years ago by Zimbabwe army soldiers in what many called the Matabeleland Massacres, or Gukurahundi - “the early rains that blow away the chaff,” in the local Shona language. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland massacre haunts Monday’s elections

By BRAM JANSSEN and ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, July 27, 2018. Zimbabwe goes to the polls Monday after Mnanngagwa became president After Robert Mugabe resigned in November last year. (Mike Hutchings/Pool Photo via AP)

Zimbabwe’s historic election: A look at the top candidates

Associated Press

Zimbabwe police officers stand next to a campaign poster of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at Nelson Chamisa's rally in Chitungwiza about 30 kilometres east of the capital Harare, Thursday, July, 26, 2018. Chamisa addressed his first rally since rejecting the idea of boycotting elections on Monday despite what he calls a biased election commission, in the first election since the November resignation of longtime leader Robert Mugabe. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s historic post-Mugabe election: A timeline

Associated Press

Nelson Chamisa, center, head of the MDC opposition alliance greets supporters at his rally in Chitungwiza about 30 kilometres east of the capital Harare, Thursday, July, 26, 2018. Chamisa addressed his first rally since rejecting the idea of boycotting elections on Monday despite what he calls a biased election commission, in the first election since the November resignation of longtime leader Robert Mugabe. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

AP Interview: Zimbabwe opposition chief warns of flawed vote

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Nelson Chamisa, center, head of the MDC opposition alliance is seen during a press briefing at the party headquarters in Harare, Wednesday, July, 25, 2018. Chamisa urged supporters to vote " overwhelmingly for change" in upcoming election scheduled for july 30, 2018, the first election since the November resignation of longtime leader Robert Mugabe. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe election seen as critical test for nation post-Mugabe

By Connor Foarde and Godwin Mangudya - The Washington Times

Illustration on change in Zimbabwe by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why Zimbabwe deserves a free and fair election

By Emmerson Mnangagwa

Thousands of opposition party supporters cheer leading opposition challenger Nelson Chamisa during a rally in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Saturday July 21, 2018. Just 3 percentage points now separate Chamisa and former Mugabe deputy and current President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of the July 30 presidential vote, according to a new survey by the Afrobarometer research group. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Guess who’s still a factor in Zimbabwe’s election? Mugabe.

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Wednesday, March, 28, 2018, a portrait of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is seen during a play dramatizing the events leading to Mugabe's resignation, in Harare. Laughter has replaced fear as the events leading to Mugabe's resignation in November are already playing out on stage. Crowds packed a theater in the capital as Mugabe and his wife were openly mocked in scenes that would have led to arrests during his 37 years in power. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

In Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe’s exit drama is already playing on stage

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

In this Thursday, March 8, 2018 photo, the leader of MDC-T, Zimbabwe's biggest opposition party, Nelson Chamisa gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in Harare. Ahead of Zimbabwe's crucial elections this year, the biggest opposition party has selected a charismatic lawyer and pastor to challenge the military-backed president in the first vote without former leader Robert Mugabe in decades. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

AP Interview: Zimbabwe’s new opposition leader faces vote

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Correction: Trump-Trophy Hunting story

Associated Press

South Africa's new President, Cyril Ramaphosa, delivers his State of the Nation address in parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. Ramaphosa says the transfer of some land from the country's white minority to the black majority will be handled without damaging the economy and that there will be "no smash and grab". South Africa seeks to address the legacy of apartheid more than two decades after the end of white rule. Ramaphosa said Thursday, March 1 that the transfer will be handled through dialogue. (AP Photo/Ruvan Boshoff, File)

Cyril Ramaphosa fights land grab scare as South Africa president

By Geoff Hill — Special to The Washington Times