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| | USA/Africa Dialogue, No 549: Zimbabwe Elections |
 | | In Mashonaland West's provincial capital, Chinhoyi, about 120 km west of Harare, voting kicked off as scheduled at 7.00am, with election officials reporting a heavy turnout at many polling centres in and around the city. |
 | | Zanu PF is being represented by Faber Chidarikire, who replaced former Mashonaland West provincial chairman Philip Chiyangwa in the race, and the MDC by Silas Matamisa, loser in the 2000 parliamentary poll. |
 | | In Mashonaland East, the MDC candidate for Murehwa North, Alois Mudzingwa, complained that his polling agents had been denied access to two polling stations in the constituency as voting began. |
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