MDC Staffer and NED Fellow Charles Mangongera on the Role of the Military in Zimbabwe’s ‘Economic, Social, and Political Decline’

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Mangongera at left of NED Moderator and Commenter

Yesterday, I attended a talk by Charles Mangongera, a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy.  Mangongera is the Director of Policy and Research for the Movement for Democratic Change (Tsvangirai branch), the main opposition party in Zimbabwe.  Before assuming this position, Mangongera worked with Freedom House and was authoring reports for DC-based organizations like USAID and IRI.  Mangongera masterfully covered  wide-ranging remarks on ‘Zimbabwe’s Military and the Prospects for Democratic Reform.’

DC Africa Watchers on Zimbabwe Beyond the Elections

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I have rued the lack of engagement of DC Africa watchers with the upcoming elections in Zimbabwe.

However, a range of organizations are co-sponsoring a day long event on Zimbabwean governance in general on July 23.  It is refreshing to see that developments in Zimbabwe have not completely escaped the watching eye of the National Endowment for Democracy, the Center for International Private Enterprise, Freedom House, the International Republican Institute, the Solidarity Center, and the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights.

The agenda, which has a heavy participation of Zimbabwean activists (Jenni Williams, Irene Petras, and others), can be found here.