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Mnangagwa steps up pressure on ZMDC as general election looms

Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa. © Boniface Muthoni/Zumapress.com/MaxPPP
The Zimbabwean president is banking on the ZMDC, which he has radically overhauled, to get the country's stalled extractive sector moving again. The state-owned company, which manages the state's mining portfolio, is central to his government's economic strategy for winning the 2023 general election. [...]
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