09 March in African history

Voting begins in the 2002 presidential elections in Zimbabwe

On this day in 2002, presidential elections in Zimbabwe organized for three days began. The elections were contested by five political parties with ZANU-PF led by Robert Mugabe and MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai as the major parties.

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Journalist and political activist Itai Dzamara disappears

On this day in 2015, Zimbabwean journalist and political activist Itai Dzamara was kidnapped by unknown men. Dzamara was last seen in an incident where armed men approached him while he was at a local barber shop in Glenview and accused him of stealing cattle. The men took Dzamara to their unmarked vehicle and was […]

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