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A young boy looks on as a polling station is seen through a window in Harare, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Aug. 23 2023. Polls have opened in Zimbabwe as President President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeks a second and final term in a country with a history of violent and disputed votes. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s election extends to a second day after long ballot delays. Some slept at polling stations

By Farai Mutsaka - 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

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is surrounded by security as he leaves his last campaign rally in Harare, Monday, Aug 21, 2023. The upcoming general election in Zimbabwe is crucial to determining the future of a southern African nation endowed with vast mineral resources and rich agricultural land. But for many in the educated but underemployed population, the daily grind to put food on the table inhibits interest in politics. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Voter fatigue edges out optimism as Zimbabwe holds 2nd general election since Mugabe’s ouster

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

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his offices in Harare, Monday, Aug 31, 2023.Chamisa accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of "violating the law" and "tearing apart" independent institutions to cling on to power.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s president tells supporters they will go to heaven if they vote for his party this month

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

Supporters of Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa hold placards upon his arrival for a a rally on the outskirts of Harare on Sunday, July 17, 2023. In an interview with The Associated Press Chamisa gave warning that any evidence of tampering by Mnangagwa's ruling ZANU-PF party in this month's elections could lead to "total disaster" for an already-beleaguered nation. Zimbabwe has a history of violent and disputed votes. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

The killing of an opposition supporter in Zimbabwe was by ruling party followers, witnesses say

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, center, inspects the guard of honour upon his arrival at Robert Mugabe airport in Harare, Zimbabwe, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Iran's president is on a rare visit to Africa as the country, which is under heavy U.S. economic sanctions, seeks to deepen partnerships around the world. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Iranian president arrives in Zimbabwe to anti-West songs for the last stop on a rare Africa trip

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, left, and Kenya's President William Ruto, right, give a joint press conference after meeting at State House in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Iran's president has begun a rare visit to Africa as the country, which is under heavy U.S. economic sanctions, seeks to deepen partnerships around the world. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

Iran’s president begins a rare visit to Africa to ‘promote economic diplomacy’

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

Leader of the opposition CCC party Nelson Chamisa addresses supporters at the party's launch rally in Harare, Zimbabwe, Sunday, Feb 20, 2022. Zimbabwe’s main opposition party went to court Saturday, July 8, 2023 to challenge a police decision to ban it holding a rally in the buildup to what will be highly scrutinized elections next month. The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party has been told it cannot hold the gathering in the town of Bindura north of the capital Harare on Sunday. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Election tensions rise in Zimbabwe after police bar opposition party from holding a rally

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, of Zimbabwe, attends a session at the Africa Pavilion at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 7, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.Zimbabwe’s main opposition party went to court Saturday, July 8, 2023 to challenge a police decision to ban it holding a rally in the buildup to what will be highly scrutinized elections next month. The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party has been told it cannot hold the gathering in the town of Bindura north of the capital Harare on Sunday. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Zimbabwe’s main opposition party goes to court to challenge a police decision to ban its rally

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

FILE - A woman works in a tobacco field at a farm on the outskirt of Harare, Saturday, April, 9, 2022. Zimbabwe has reported record tobacco sales as the southern African nation reestablishes itself as one of the leading growers in the world, and yet the small-scale Black farmers now selling their crop mostly to China are “heavily indebted” and seeing "minimal" benefits, according to an association that represents their interests. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Zimbabwe reports record tobacco sales, mostly to China, yet many farmers deep in debt

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa addresses speaks at the funeral of Moreblessing Ali in Nyatsime a neighborhood on the outskirts of Harare, Tuesday, June, 14, 2022. Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that national elections will take place on Aug. 23. Mnangagwa is expected to face a strong challenge from Nelson Chamisa, the 45-year-old leader of the main opposition party, Citizens Coalition for Change. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa sets election date as Aug. 23

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

Job Sikhala, a member of Parliament and senior official in the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party, is seen inside the court following his conviction in Harare, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Sikhala who had been detained for nearly 10 months was convicted Wednesday of obstructing the course of justice for recording a video of himself accusing ruling party supporters of killing and dismembering an activist and then posting the video to social media. (AP Photo/Thandiwe Garusa)

Zimbabwe opposition figure fined for slain activist comments

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, John Mangudya holds a sample of a gold coin at the launch in Harare, on July 25, 2022. Zimbabwe will launch a digital currency next month by introducing “tokens” that are backed by gold reserves and can be transferred between people and businesses as a form of payment, the country's central bank said Friday April 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) **FILE**

Zimbabwe plans to launch digital currency backed by gold

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, left, poses with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the State House in Harare, Tuesday, Jan, 31, 2023. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has arrived in Zimbabwe to pomp and fanfare, in a visit that seeks to cement economic and political ties between the two countries that are both close allies of Russia. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Lukashenko: Belarus willing to offer more help to Russia

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

An elephant is hoisted into a transport vehicle at the Liwonde National Park southern Malawi, July 10 2022. In neighbouring Zimbabwe, National Parks is moving more than 2,500 wild animals from a southern reserve to one in the country’s north to rescue them from drought, as the ravages of climate change replace poaching as the biggest threat to wildlife. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondo, File)

Zimbabwe moves 2,500 wild animals due to climate change

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

Female prsioners wave goodbye to their fellow inmates following their release from Chikurubi prison on the outskirts of Harare, Saturday, April 17, 2021. Zimbabwe began the release of about 3,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty aimed at easing congestion and minimizing the threat of COVID-19 across the country's overcrowded jails. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe frees some inmates to reduce COVID-19 risk in jails

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

People wait in a queue to get a shot of the sinopharm coronavirus vaccination, at Wilkins Hospital in Harare, Wednesday, March, 24, 2021. Zimbabwe is rolling out its COVID-19 inoculation programme and in the first phase is targeting health care workers and the elderly. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s president gets shot of Sinovac in Victoria Falls

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

This 2018 photo provided by the Maryknoll Sisters shows Sister Janice McLaughlin with children in Zimbabwe. McLaughlin, a nun who was jailed and later deported by white minority-ruled Rhodesia, later Zimbabwe, for exposing human rights abuses, died on March 7, 2021, in Maryknoll, N.Y. She was 79. (Maryknoll Sisters via AP)

McLaughlin, nun who exposed abuses in Rhodesia, dies at 79

By ANDREW MELDRUM - Associated Press

Molly Manatse a female truck driver is seen on the road in Harare, in this Saturday, March, 6, 2021 photo. There are very few female truck drivers in Zimbabwe, but Manatse doesn't like to be singled out for her gender. From driving trucks and fixing cars to encouraging girls living with disability to find their places in society, women in Zimbabwe are refusing to be defined by their gender or circumstances, even as the pandemic hits them hardest and imposes extra burdens.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe’s women battle gender discrimination amid pandemic

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press