Tag: Emmerson Mnangagwa
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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa re-elected with 52.6% of the vote
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was re-elected for a second and final five-year term late Saturday in results announced much earlier than expected following another troubled vote in the southern African country with a history of violent and disputed elections.
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Zimbabwe to host Africa ICT summit
Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, will on Wednesday officiate at an ICT convention which is expected to attract more than 500 participants from several African countries and the ICT world. The country’s Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Paul Mavima, told Tuesday’s Herald newspaper that the two-day Innovation Africa Summit would be hosted by Zimbabwe’s higher education…
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Zimbabwe’s President re-appoints 2 vice
Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, on Thursday re-appointed his two vice, Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi. Chiwenga was Zimbabwe’s defence forces chief who led the military intervention which toppled former President Robert Mugabe. The two vice presidents were sworn into office by Chief Justice Luke Malaba at the State House in the presence of Mnangagwa and…
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Court confirms Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa presidential election victory
Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court confirmed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s disputed July 30 election victory on Friday, dismissing an opposition challenge that had held up his inauguration. Mnangagwa is due to inaugurated on Sunday. In a unanimous ruling of the nine judges of the country’s top court, Chief Justice Luke Malaba said Nelson Chamisa, who leads the opposition…
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Zimbabwe: President Mnangagwa challenges opposition petition
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe has filed submissions in the country’s highest court opposing a court challenge to his victory by main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, one of Mnangagwa’s lawyers said on Wednesday. Chamisa has said the July 30 vote was rigged and challenged the result which gave Mnangagwa 2.46 million votes against 2.15 million…
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Zimbabwe’s post-Mugabe election gets underway as Mnangagwa casts vote
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe cast his ballot Monday morning in the first post-Mugabe election in Kwekwe in his home province of Midlands. His main rival Nelson Chamisa of the opposition MDC Alliance also cast his vote in the capital Harare. Mnangagwa told reporters soon after casting his vote that Zimbabwe was enjoying an unprecedented…
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President Mnangagwa calls for elections on July 30
Zimbabwe will hold its general elections on July 30, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Wednesday, the first since the army forced 94-year-old former president Robert Mugabe to resign last November. Mnangagwa, who became president following the military take-over, has promised to deliver on free and fair elections to win over Zimbabwe’s critics at home and…
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President Mnangagwa orders ministers, top govt officials to declare assets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe has given cabinet ministers and senior government officials until the end of February to declare their assets. Mnangagwa, 75, took power after Robert Mugabe was toppled by the military. He immediately promised to tackle corruption, especially in public institutions. Misheck Sibanda, chief secretary to the president and cabinet, said in…
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Election will hold in Zimbabwe 4 to 5 months time – Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe will hold elections in four to five months, a newspaper on Thursday quoted President Emmerson Mnangagwa as saying. The election would be the first time since independence the southern African state will conduct a vote that does not involve former ruler Robert Mugabe. Mnangagwa, who took over after Mugabe was forced to resign in…
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Zimbabwean president says no capacity for diaspora vote
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday said that Zimbabwe does not have the capacity to facilitate its citizens based outside the country to vote while in their countries of residence. State-run news agency New Ziana reported that Mnangagwa had told the Zimbabwean community in Namibia that the country did not have funds to allow voting…