Zimbabwe: What Now for Zimbabweans?

89-year-old President Robert Mugabe, who has been in power since Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980, is set to lead the country for yet another five years.

On July 31, many Zimbabweans braved the cold weather, hoping that their vote would bring change. But the results announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairperson Rita Makarau came as a bitter disappointment, even though the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) did win the majority of votes in the country's second city, Bulawayo, and in parts of Harare, the capital.

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