Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks at the handover of a fleet of medical emergency helicopters received from the Russian State Corporation, Rostec, at the Robert Mugabe International airport in Harare, Zimbabwe, May 18, 2023. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo/File photo
HARARE (Reuters) - Eleven candidates will run for the Zimbabwean presidency in an August election, the electoral commission has said, after several hopefuls were disqualified for failing to raise the $20,000 needed to appear on the ballot.
The election is expected to pit Incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa, of the ZANU-PF party, against pastor and lawyer Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), who is seen as the strongest challenger.
