Igniting hope: Young Zimbabweans rally to make their voices count | Elections

Harare, Zimbabwe – On Wednesday, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa will clash in a crucial presidential election – the second time they meet at the polls in five years.

In 2018, Mnangagwa, with ZANU-PF, polled 2,460,463 (50.8 percent), while Nelson Chamisa, formerly of MDC-A and now CCC, garnered  2,147,437 (44.3 percent) votes, according to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).

Before Wednesday’s election, citizens were complaining of substandard healthcare and harsh economic conditions including high cost of living, high…