The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn), a network of 31 non-government organisations whose head office was raided by police in February, is deploying about 600 observers.

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The Zimbabwe Election Support Network, an independent local outfit that deployed some 8, 000 observers in the first round, is still waiting to get accredited to monitor the run-off.

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Local observers from Zimbabwe Election Support Network, Zesn, who were accused of supporting MDC, were not spared either as some were forced to put on Zanu-PF regalia in Karoi at the weekend.

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