Zimbabwe

President Robert Mugabe was endorsed as ZANU-PF's candidate at the next presidential election at a party conference in December. At the conference, Mugabe called for elections in 2012, stating that the coalition government comprising his party and rival Movement For Democratic Change had existed for longer than its mandate and it was time to bring it to an end. The law requires that elections take place by March 2013, although a vote is likely to be held before

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