Mugabe Faces New Test at Polls

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BY PATRICK MCGROARTY
ZVIMBA, Zimbabwe—President Robert Mugabe’s hometown bears witness as well as any corner of Zimbabwe to how he has used threats and rewards to hold on to power for 33 years—and how, with the economy slumping and an election days away, that recipe is wearing thin.
Zimbabweans, once residents of one of Africa’s most prosperous nations, are hoping a peaceful election on Wednesday will allow them to move forward and the economy to recover. But political allegiances divide the country—creating fissures from which violence has surfaced before and threatens to again.
For residents of the farmland around the modest compound of …
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