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Andrew Meldrum

Andrew Meldrum lived and worked as a journalist in Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2003, when Robert Mugabe's government expelled him. He is now based in Pretoria, and reports for the Guardian on Zimbabwe and southern Africa. He is the author of Where We Have Hope: a memoir of Zimbabwe (John Murray, 2004).

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Zimbabwe between past and future

Zimbabwe's ruthless leader Robert Mugabe is sowing the seeds of his regime's demise, says Andrew Meldrum.

A glimmer of change in Zimbabwe

A low turnout, an easy ruling-party win - but Zimbabwe's senate elections could yet prove a turning-point in Zimbabwean politics, says Andrew Meldrum.

Who won Zimbabwe's election?

Andrew Meldrum, in Pretoria after Robert Mugabe expelled him, reports on a decisive moment for Zimbabwe’s people – and his own intense love-affair with the country.

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