Zimbabweans began voting Wednesday amid high inflation and rampant poverty in an election that human rights groups say has been tainted from the get-go.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to be reelected despite a long-running economic crisis in the resource-rich country that has led to the near-collapse of government services. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have accused the government of undermining civil liberties over the past five years and closing the political space for the opposition.

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