Zimbabwe president pledges economic revival as election campaign kicks off

FILE PHOTO: 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

(Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed to do "what we can to remain in power", promising to revive an economy that has collapsed under his watch as he launched his bid for a second five-year term.

Zimbabwe will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Aug. 23 which are expected to pit Mnangagwa, 80, of the ZANU-PF party against pastor and lawyer Nelson Chamisa, 45, of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).