The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) expects an overwhelming popular victory in Zimbabwe’s presidential and parliamentary elections on Wednesday. If so, President Robert Mugabe, 89 years old and in office since 1980, will be ousted from power after questionable victories in similarly contested national polls in 2000, 2002, 2005 and 2008. Morgan Tsvangirai, now MDC prime minister in an uncomfortable “government of national unity” with Mr. Mugabe, plans to succeed him.
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