Renounce Foreign Citizenship to Vote, Zimbabwe's 'Aliens' Told

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has told 'alien' voters to renounce their foreign citizenship or risk failing to cast their ballots in next year's elections. Despite many of such individuals having birth certificates which show they were born in Zimbabwe, they are still required to pay U.S.$5,000 to renounce citizenship, reports New Zimbabwe.

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