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Zimbabwe elections: Polls open as opposition chief Nelson Chamisa takes on Emmerson Mnangagwa in bid to interrupt governing get together’s 43-year rule
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Zimbabwe elections: Polls open as opposition chief Nelson Chamisa takes on Emmerson Mnangagwa in bid to interrupt governing get together’s 43-year rule

The polls in Zimbabwe have opened because the nation votes on a president, parliament and native council positions.It would be the second basic election since long-time repressive chief Robert Mugabe was ousted following a coup in 2017. The most important contest is predicted to be between President Emmerson Mnangagwa, 80, who's nicknamed "The Crocodile", and 45-year-old opposition chief Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).There are 12 presidential candidates on the poll. Image: Emmerson Mnangagwa is in search of his second and ultimate time period in workplace. Pic: AP Mr Chamisa hopes to interrupt the 43-year rule of the ZANU-PF get together, as Mr Mnangagwa seeks his second and ultimat...
Russia may annex breakaway areas of Georgia, suggests former president Dmitry Medvedev
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Russia may annex breakaway areas of Georgia, suggests former president Dmitry Medvedev

Russia's former president Dmitry Medvedev says Moscow may previously annex two breakaway areas of neighbouring Georgia.Abkhazia and South Ossetia have successfully been underneath the management of Moscow since a brief battle between Russia and Georgia over the areas in 2008. Moscow recognises each as unbiased states, whereas most United Nations members view them as Russian-occupied Georgian territory.Mr Medvedev, who was president in 2008 when Moscow previously recognised the 2 areas as unbiased, has now instructed they might previously be a part of Russia.In an article revealed by Russian newspaper Argumenty i Fakty on Wednesday - the fifteenth anniversary of Mr Medvedev's decree - he wrote: "The concept of becoming a member of Russia continues to be fashionable in Abkhazia...