Chamisa to fight Zimbabwe polls for opposition party

Zimbabwe's main opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change, MDC has named a former youth activist, Nelson Chamisa, as its candidate for the upcoming presidential polls. 

Mr Chamisa, 40, becomes the party's leader after veteran leader Morgan Tsvangirai died of cancer last month. 

This year's polls which will not feature former President Mugabe will be the first since independence in 1980. 

Chamisa, who is a trained a lawyer, rose through the MDC's ranks as a leader of its youth wing. He served as a minister between 2009 and 2013 in the rocky government of national unity.

SOURCE: NEWS24
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