[20191127]IF11268_津巴布韦：持续的危机.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated November 27, 2019Zimbabwe: A Continuing CrisisAn enduring, six-year economic crisis in Zimbabwe has intensified since national elections in July 2018, won by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). The dire economic situation has prompted public discontent, strikes, protests, and, in early 2019, days of riots. In response, state security forces have violently repressed demonstrations and arrested civil society activists. Since early 2019, the state has also pursued a dialogue with the political opposition, but only minor parties have participated. The Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC), the largest opposition party, has refused to participate unless the state ends its repression and alleged breaches of the rule of law. The MDC also insists that any dialogue be convened by an independent mediator; it contends that the Mnangagwa government is “illegitimate” and responsible for what the MDC calls a “political crisis.” Background President Mnangagwa (muh-nahn-GAHG-wah) assumed power in November 2017, after ZANU-PF chose him as its party leader. He succeeded President Robert Mugabe