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Zimbabwe Votes in First Elections Without Mugabe

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Zimbabwe Votes in First Elections Without Mugabe

Top News: Zimbabweans went to the polls on Monday in their first-ever election without ousted leader Robert Mugabe on the ballot.

Mugabe was pushed out of office last year after almost four decades in power, during which time elections were frequently marked by vote rigging, violence, and intimidation.

Current President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the 75-year-old former intelligence chief and deputy president, is facing off against opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, a 40-year-old pastor and lawyer. Mnangagwa vowed that the elections would be free and fair.

On Sunday, the 94-year-old Mugabe said in a surprise speech he would not support Mnangagwa, who heads the Zanu-PF party that Mugabe led for decades.

“The elections today provide an opportunity to break with the past,” said Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the former president of Liberia and head of an international election observer mission in Zimbabwe. “The lines and voter enthusiasm we are seeing this morning must be matched by an accurate count and their choice must be honored.”

Europe: The charity group Save the Children says that migrant children in Europe are being sexually exploited, including being forced to perform sex acts in exchange for food, shelter, and safe passage from Italy to France.

AFRICA

•  Mali held presidential elections on Sunday following increased insecurity and violence.

•  South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, agreed to discuss cooperation with Russia on nuclear power following a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

•  Thousands of people rallied to mourn the death of a top engineer for a controversial dam project in Ethiopia.

AMERICAS

•  Thousands of Nicaraguans protested against the government after it accused the Catholic church of inciting protests.

•  Venezuelan opposition lawmaker José Manuel Olivares fled the country following threats from secret police.

•  Some 38,000 people have been evacuated from Shasta County, California as the state battles deadly wildfires.

ASIA

•  The ruling party in Cambodia claimed victory in an election that was widely considered illegitimate by the international community.

•  China plans to shutter 1,000 manufacturing companies by 2020 to curb pollution.

•  An earthquake hit Indonesia’s Lombok island, killing 14 people and injuring over 160.

EUROPE

•  A bodyguard for French President Emmanuel Macron who was fired for beating protesters said the incident was due to a moment of impulsive anger.

•  Dragoslav Ognjanovic, a former lawyer for the late Serbian leader and war criminal Slobodan Milosevic, was shot and killed in Belgrade.

•  The death toll from wildfires in Greece has reached 91, with 25 people still missing.

MIDDLE EAST

•  A 17-year-old Palestinian girl, Ahed Tamimi, was released after an eight-month prison sentence for slapping and kicking two Israeli soldiers.

•  Iran’s currency hit a record low exchange rate—over 100,000 rials to one U.S. dollar—ahead of new sanctions from the United States.

•  Discussions between U.S. diplomats and Taliban representatives in Qatar to broker peace in Afghanistan led to “very positive signals,” sources tell Reuters.

- By Robbie Gramer

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