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Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, aged 93 years, will be running for the country’s top seat in the next general elections. Mugabe has been in power from 1980.
Mugabe on Friday begun a series of rallies across the country in a bid to win the support of young people ahead of elections next year.
A huge crowd gathered for Friday’s rally in a stadium at Marondera, a small town east of the capital, Harare, the state-run Herald newspaper reports.
The president is said to be planning nine other similar rallies this year
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At the rally, he told those who are vying to succeed him to “be at peace”.
He added: “The time will come, it’s certainly coming”.
The country has a youthful population with more than 70% under 35, according to the last census.
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