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The following lists events from the year 2018 in Zimbabwe.
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Incumbents
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editJanuary
edit18 - President Mnagagwa announces that observer missions from the Commonwealth of Nations, the European Union, and the United Nations have been invited to monitor the 2018 general elections.
April
editSibusiso Moyo will be attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 as an observer, as Zimbabwe has an intention of reengaging with the international community - including a possible return of Zimbabwe to the Commonwealth of Nations during 2018.
July
edit- 29 July – On the eve of Zimbabwe's election, Mugabe made a surprise press conference where he stated his wish not to vote for President Mnangagwa and ZANU-PF, the party he founded
[2] Instead, he expressed his wish to vote his long time rival party, the MDC of Nelson Chamisa .[3][4][5]
- Zimbabwean general election, 2018 - to elect members of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe and the Senate of Zimbabwe as well as the President of Zimbabwe.
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editPresident Mnangagwa has announced that Zimbabwe will seek a return to the Commonwealth, of which it was a full member from April 1980 to December 2003.
Deaths
edit- 14 February - Morgan Tsvangirai, 65, Zimbabwean politician and former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.
References
edit- ^ "Incumbent Mnangagwa wins Zimbabwe vote". BBC News. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Zimbabwe election: Mugabe refuses to back successor Mnangagwa". BBC News. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/29/robert-mugabe-zanu-pf-zimbabwe-election%7C Robert Mugabe: I won't vote for Zanu-PF in Zimbabwe election | World news | The Guardian
- ^ "Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe refuses to back successor Mnangagwa in election". Sky News. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Mohamed, Hamza. "Mugabe: I cannot vote for those who tormented me". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
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