Anonymousabout 13 hours ago
Zimbabwe's Constitution Amendment Bill No. 3, gazetted in February 2026, proposes extending presidential and parliamentary terms from five to seven years, abolishing direct presidential elections, and consolidating executive control over courts and electoral bodies — changes that would keep President Emmerson Mnangagwa in power until 2030. The bill has drawn condemnation from UK peers, domestic civil society groups, churches representing over three million Zimbabweans, and constitutional law experts, while SADC and the African Union have remained largely silent, exposing a fault line over who has standing to challenge democratic backsliding on the continent.