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The results of this year’s elections, which will be held on 31 July, will be out by 5 August, the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Rita Makarau said today.

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The story that women giving birth in Zimbabwe were being charged US$5 every time they scream as a penalty for raising false alarm spread on the net like wildfire on Friday.

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The European Union will lift sanctions on Zimbabwe if African observers declare the elections, due at the end of this month, to be free and fair, EU ambassador to South Africa Roeland van de Geer said yesterday.

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In what appears to be a veiled attack on United States President Barack Obama for his stance on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, a length article says he should be damned for denouncing the hero of restoring land to Africans.

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In the past few months, there have been increasing indications that the US, UK and EU are flirting with reconciliation – or at least a less stridently antagonist relationship – with the once internationally reviled President Robert Mugabe.

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Yes it is, says British-based Zimbabwean academic and author Blessing-Miles Tendi in the Guardian after attending President Robert Mugabe’s first rally at Chiweshe in one of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front strongholds, Mashonaland Central.

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The Herald today clearly showed the seriousness and intensity of this year’s campaign. It is really a “do or die” situation. And the paper is not leaving anything to chance as demonstrated in the story below.

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Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change, which has declared that the coming election will be illegitimate no matter who wins, has embarked on an intensive campaign in Mashonaland West where it is emphasising that the party is winning this year’s elections and will form the next government.

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