Zimbabwe: U.S. Lawmaker Roasts 'Worse-Than-Mugabe' Mnangagwa

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Zimbabwe: U.S. Lawmaker Roasts 'Worse-Than-Mugabe' Mnangagwa

[New Zimbabwe] THE US, through its US Agency for International Development (USAID), is spending US$10 million in efforts to improve Zimbabwe's political process and these include supporting non-governmental organisations acting as election monitors for the 2023 poll.

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