Fears are growing that Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe is planning a massive election fraud in the face of overwhelming defeat by his opponents.

The main opposition party to Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe today claimed it was winning the country’s election by a huge margin.

Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission belatedly began announcing official results of elections today in which the opposition claimed to have beaten President Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwe’s main opposition party claimed an early lead today in elections, including in some of President Robert Mugabe rural strongholds – an apparent effort to thwart any government attempt to skew the results.

Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has claimed an early lead in elections and says it is leading the presidential race against Robert Mugabe with 67% of votes.

Zimbabweans queued for hours today to vote in elections that present President Robert Mugabe with his toughest political challenge in 28 years in power.

Zimbabweans began lining up before dawn today for crucial elections where President Robert Mugabe faces the toughest challenge to his 28-year rule and the opposition is urging its supporters to defend their votes against an alleged ballot-rigging plot.

Zimbabwe goes to the polls tomorrow amid hopes of a change from the ruinous rule of president Robert Mugabe and fears of vote rigging on a massive scale.

Thousands of Zimbabweans flocked to closing election campaign rallies today as opposition hopefuls urged people to be on guard against any attempts at rigging by President Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwe is preparing for what many hope will be a landmark election on Saturday which will finally remove president Robert Mugabe from power.

MANY voters in Zimbabwe’s cities — strongholds of the opposition — may not have time to cast ballots in upcoming elections because too few polling stations have been provided, an independent monitoring group said yesterday.

Zimbabwe‘s President Robert Mugabe signed into law new regulations forcing foreign- and white-owned businesses to hand over 51% control of their operations to blacks, the official media reported today.

A former ruling party loyalist who clashed with President Robert Mugabe over economic policy announced today that he will run against him as an independent in next month’s presidential election, hoping to galvanise others disillusioned with the party.

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe announced his new Cabinet yesterday, firing the moderate finance minister but keeping hardliners who have spearheaded harsh media controls and seizures of white-owned farms in Zimbabwe.

Aid officials and government leaders from around southern Africa met today in an effort to stave off a potential famine across the region.