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Tendai Marima

Zimbabwe heads to elections as it sees some of the world's highest inflation

Darius Bongwe, 28, dances at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's final rally at Tongogara Business Center on Saturday ahead of Zimbabwe's general elections on Wednesday. Bongwe believes President Mnangagwa and the ruling ZANU-PF party can revive the country's economy. (Tendai Marima for NPR)

SHURUGWI, Zimbabwe — "We will rule this country until Amen," a supporter of this country's ruling party quips to another as they make their way to join a long line for a free T-shirt emblazoned with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's face, before hearing the leader give his final reelection campaign speech.

They hope the governing party, Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), will rule forever. But many Zimbabweans want change.

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