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Zimbabwe On The Eve Of Critical Elections

Zimbabwe is on the cusp of the first post-Mugabe elections; 6.4 magnitude quake on Lombok

Zimbabwe is about to see its first post-Mugabe elections, with the economy seen as the main campaign issue. The incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa's main challenger is Nelson Chamisa of the Movement for Democratic Change. Knox Chitiyo, a fellow of the Africa Programme at Chatham House who's recently been in Zimbabwe gives us a preview.

Also in the programme: a 6.4 magnitude quake strikes the central Indonesian island of Lombok; and we hear from the lead vocalist of Tootard, a self-defined mountain rock reggae band from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

(Photo: Children play in front of electoral posters in a residential area located in the suburb of Mbare in Zimbabwe's capital Harare. Credit: Luis Tato/AFP/Getty Images)

53 minutes

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Sun 29 Jul 201806:06GMT

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  • Sun 29 Jul 201806:06GMT