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Africa Subsaharan
Zimbabwe opens nominations for July presidential polls
2018-06-15
[Al Jazeera] Zim-bob-we formally opened on Thursday the nomination process to presidential hopefuls ahead of polls on July 30.

Candidates seeking to run in next month's presidential, parliamentary and local polls have just one day to submit their candidacy to one of several specially convened electoral courts across the country.

This poll will be the first time the country holds an election without former leader Bob Muggsy Mugabe
Nonagenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case. Dumped in November 2017 when the Missus decided she wanted to be president, and opposed heer might against Crocodile Mnangawa Important safety tip: If your opponent goes by the name Crocodile andf your title is Shopper in Chief let him win....
running for the country's top seat.

Mugabe, who came to power in 1980 after the country won independence from Britannia, was pushed out of office by the army in November last year.

Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former vice president under Mugabe, took over from the country's long-term ruler and is one of several candidates who have registered to take part in the July 30 polls.
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