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Zimbabwe: women braving misogyny to stand in landmark elections

The majority of voters are women but only about 15% of parliamentarian candidates are female.

The majority of Zimbabwean voters are women but only about 15% of parliamentarian candidates are female. India to open 18 embassies in Africa. Will Eritrea's political landscape change now that the war with Ethiopia is truly over? Also, we meet Victor Uwaifo, one of Nigeria's highlife superstars.

Photo: Women look at electoral merchandise sold outside the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party headquarter in Harare, AFP.

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Wed 25 Jul 201817:06GMT

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