Zimbabwe to hold election in July Mnangagwa
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i have already invited all political parties in zimbabwe to a roundtable where we all commit ourselves to non-violence he added2 president emmerson mnangagwa of zimbabwe says the country will hold its first presidential and parliamentary elections in july after the long ruler of former president robert mugabe2 the polls will be the first major test of the new leader who took power in november after a de facto military coup forced the 94-year-old mugabe to resign2 they will also be the first without mugabes name on the ballot since independence from britain in 19802 as a nation party and government we are looking forward to very peaceful transparent and harmonised elections in july this year mnangagwa sid2 mnangagwa 75 said the elections would be free of the violence that gripped previous polls and which was one of the reasons for strained relations between zimbabwe and the west2 he made the announcement after meeting with the south african president cyril ramaphosa on saturday night2 mnanaggwa will have to announce a date in an official notice. he has said he would invite western observers who had been banned under mugabes rule2 the state-owned weekly sunday mail said a european union pre-election team was expected in harare on monday2 the eu head of mission in zimbabwe phillipe van damme told the paper it would meet the president political party leaders and the zimbabwe electoral commission2 mugabe in his first comments since he stepped down said last week that mnangagwas rule was illegitimate and a disgrace2 sourceuk.reuters.comarticleuk-zimbabwe-politicspresident-says-zimbabwe-to-hold-elections-in-july-idukkbn1gu0gmrpc4012

Zimbabwe to hold election in July Mnangagwa
News & Trends •
i have already invited all political parties in zimbabwe to a roundtable where we all commit ourselves to non-violence he added2 president emmerson mnangagwa of zimbabwe says the country will hold its first presidential and parliamentary elections in july after the long ruler of former president robert mugabe2 the polls will be the first major test of the new leader who took power in november after a de facto military coup forced the 94-year-old mugabe to resign2 they will also be the first without mugabes name on the ballot since independence from britain in 19802 as a nation party and government we are looking forward to very peaceful transparent and harmonised elections in july this year mnangagwa sid2 mnangagwa 75 said the elections would be free of the violence that gripped previous polls and which was one of the reasons for strained relations between zimbabwe and the west2 he made the announcement after meeting with the south african president cyril ramaphosa on saturday night2 mnanaggwa will have to announce a date in an official notice. he has said he would invite western observers who had been banned under mugabes rule2 the state-owned weekly sunday mail said a european union pre-election team was expected in harare on monday2 the eu head of mission in zimbabwe phillipe van damme told the paper it would meet the president political party leaders and the zimbabwe electoral commission2 mugabe in his first comments since he stepped down said last week that mnangagwas rule was illegitimate and a disgrace2 sourceuk.reuters.comarticleuk-zimbabwe-politicspresident-says-zimbabwe-to-hold-elections-in-july-idukkbn1gu0gmrpc4012