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Zimbabwe election: Any hope for democratic change?

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Opposition CCC's campaign posters outside a party rally in Gweru Opposition CCC's campaign posters outside a party rally in Gweru. [Getty Images]

Electa Gumbi* is upset. Her cellphone is ringing - again. It's a call from Zimbabwe's ruling party encouraging her to vote incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa into a second term in the August 23 election. She is disturbed by the barrage of unsolicited calls and messages.

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