Zimbabweans are under threat to vote for Mugabe in runoff election

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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is following through with a runoff election despite mounting international appeals to call it off. The Takeaway asks veteran journalist Andrew Meldrum for his read on the election and Zimbabwe’s future. He’ll have no end of insight: He lived there for 23 years until he was exiled. Guest: Andrew Meldrum, veteran journalist and author of “Where We Have Hope: A Memoir Of Zimbabwe”

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