The Commonwealth of Nations deployed forty-two observers together with nineteen staff members to monitor the presidential elections on this day in 2002. The team was led by General Abdulsalami Abubakar of Nigeria. They were to stay up to the 14th of March.
Commonwealth of Nations sends observers to Zimbabwe
23 February 2002 ZimbabweUca.edu. 2021. 46. Rhodesia/Zimbabwe (1964-present). [online] Available at: https://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/sub-saharan-africa-region/rhodesia-zimbabwe-1964-present