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| Zimbabwe's governing party has endorsed Robert Mugabe as its candidate for next year's presidential elections. | Zimbabwe's governing party has endorsed Robert Mugabe as its candidate for next year's presidential elections. |
| The vote by delegates at the Zanu-PF conference in the capital, Harare, allows the 83-year-old president to seek a sixth term in office in March. | The vote by delegates at the Zanu-PF conference in the capital, Harare, allows the 83-year-old president to seek a sixth term in office in March. |
| Reuters news agency says the announcement of his selection was followed by cheers by party delegates. | Reuters news agency says the announcement of his selection was followed by cheers by party delegates. |
| Critics say Mr Mugabe's continued grip on power will prolong the country's deepening economic crisis. | |
| Zimbabwe's official inflation is given at around 8,000% - the highest in the world. | |
| Last month, the country's chief statistician said there were no longer enough goods in the shops for him to work out the inflation rate. | |
| Mr Mugabe has been in power since independence in 1980 and has resisted pressure to step down. | |
| "I did not hear any dissenting voices," John Nkomo, the Zanu-PF chairman said during the candidate declarations, AFP news agency reports. | |
| "It means this congress has fully and unreservedly declared Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe as the presidential candidate for next year's presidential elections." | |
| All 10 of the party's provincial bodies backed Mr Mugabe. | |
| In a new report human rights organisation Amnesty International says the opposition continue to suffer beatings, torture and harassment. | |
| South Africa has been mediating talks between Mr Mugabe's government and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change. | |
| Both sides say they have made good progress. |