Polls opened on Monday in Zimbabwe’s first election since the removal of former president Robert Mugabe – a watershed vote Zimbabweans hope will rid the country of its global pariah status and spark a recovery in its failed economy.
The election will see 75-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa – a long-time Mugabe ally – face 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa, a lawyer and pastor who is vying to become Zimbabwe’s youngest head of state.
Voting began at 7am (1100 BdST) and will end at 7pm.
