in harare, vince musewe, an economist based in zimbabwe's capital.iers pigou, head of the southern africa program at the institute for security studies, which is a south african think-tank. also in harare, tendai ruben mbofana, political analyst and social commentator. a warm welcome to all three of you. thank you very much for being on "inside story." tendai, if i could please begin with you. what is your take on the political situation? two months out from the election, how much trust is there that these elections are going to be fair and free? tendai: thank you so much for inviting me to your program. let me start on a very pessimistic note, to say that so far, the elections do not seem to be free and fair at all. let us remember that an election is not an event, it's a process. so this election that we are scheduled for in august started at the end of the previous election in 2018. so, for the past five years, what we have seen has not been good, it is not going well for a free, fair, and credible election. we have seen that the opposition has no

there was one of the great comebacks as the netherlands beat the west indies with a super over win in harareetherlands chased down west indies 374 runs to level the scores and send it to a super over and van beek hit 30 runs — including three sixes and three fours — and picked up two wickets to claim the victory. they won by 22 runs to go second in their group, while the west indies�* world cup hopes are in serious doubt. wimbledon champion elena rybakina has pulled out of eastbourne, one of the warm up tournaments for the grass—court grand slam, and that had lead to concerns over the defence of her title. rybakina withdrew from the french open before her third—round match at the tournament last month, because of a viral illness, and last week she lost to donna vekic in the last 16 in berlin — saying she still wasn't100% physically, as a result of that illness. meanwhile, on the court at eastbourne, there was success for britain's harriet dart, who beat china's zhang shuai in three sets — an opponent 105 places above her in the world rankings. dart won in three sets in blustery conditions to

indies took another step towards qualifying for the cricket world cup with victory over nepal in hararead been 55 for three before captain shai hope and nicholas pooran came together in a partnership of 216. they both made centuries as west indies made 339 for seven off their 50 overs. the nepalese batsmen were always struggling to keep up with the run rate and were all out for 238 giving the windies a 101 run win. but it's a third defeat in a row for the usa. they lost by 5 wickets to the netherlands who recorded their first win. needing 212 to win, the hero was scott edwards who took to the crease at 83 for 4 but navigated his side to victory with an unbeaten half century and a0 balls to spare. to golf now and it's the opening day of the lpg championship in newjersey and a tricky start for defending champion chun in—gee of south korea. the world number 16 carded six bogeys during her opening round to end her day on three over par. leona maguire made a promising start though. she's hoping to become the first irish woman to win a major and four birdies in her round have helped her cause

market solve the problems of hungen _ our bbc africa reporter shingai nyoka in zimbabwe's capital harareen countries, or representatives from seven countries met with president putin, and essentially expressed concern about the stability of the region, and they called on him to ensure that the stability in the region —

indies took another step towards qualifying for the cricket world cup with victory over nepal in hararead been 55 for three before captain shai hope and nicholas pooran came together in a partnership of 216. they both made centuries as west indies made 339 for seven off their 50 overs. but it's a third defeat in a row for the usa. they lost by 5 wickets to the netherlands who recorded their first win... needing 212 to win, the hero was scott edwards who took to the crease at 83 for 4 but navigated his side to victory with an unbeaten half century and a0 balls to spare. to golf now and it's the opening day of the lpg championship in newjersey and a tricky start for defending champion chun in—gee of south korea. for the first time on the pga tour. after the heartbreak of losing last weekend's us open byjust a single shot the northern irishman was smiling again after getting an ace on the eighth hole at the tpc river highlands course. and it only took the quadruple major winne 3,532 attempts in his pga tour career to achieve the feat. world number two and top seed at queens, carlos alcaraz

they're currently 256 — 3 in the one—day match in harare having lost to zimbabwe, level with the netherlandsevious match. zimbabwe can make it four wins out of four if they beat the usa. they made 408—6 off their fifty overs, mainly thanks to sean williams huge score. the american team have lost all three of their matches so far. they will be up against it when they start their run chase shortly. the first 0lympic e—sports winners have been crowned in singapore. it was the first ever dedicated week to e—sports by the international olympic committee, involving three days of live—finals, featuring virtual competition for sports like cycling, sailing and taekwondo. 14—year—old singaporean nigel tan became the host country 5 first 0lympic esports series winner — in the taekwondo event. 0rganisers feel it can be the start of big things to come. there are a lot of benefits to do physical virtual sports, and wejust physical virtual sports, and we just finished physical virtual sports, and wejust finished the first event of this 0lympic esports week, with cycling, and we saw really the engagement. i

earlier i got the latest from our correspondents shingai nyoka in harare and mayenijones in kyiv.ries yesterday, immediately after their meeting. and he said that he couldn't stop them from going to russia but he really felt that, at this moment, diplomatic overtures towards russia were not what was needed. instead, they should freeze russia out diplomatically. the reason he was advocating for that approach — he said it would send a clear message to mr putin's people, to the russian people that the reason they were being isolated globally is because of his actions here in ukraine. mr zelenskyi said that he appreciated these leaders coming over to see him but that he wouldn't negotiate with russia until it let go of any territories it seized in ukraine. and shingai, in terms of the impact of the war on global food prices, of course populations in africa have been particularly affected. so there is this urgent need for peace from their perspective as well. but how likely is their visit to have any effect on putin's approach? well, i think we saw yesterday, as soon as those leaders a

live now to our bbc africa reporter, shingai nyoka, in zimbabwe's capital, harare.n what has been said in saint petersburg. as you mentioned, the representatives from seven countries met with president putin and essentially expressed concern about the stability of the region, and they called on him to ensure that the stability in the region, they also expressed concern about feud security. the region, they also expressed concern about feud security.— about feud security. the president from south _ about feud security. the president from south africa _ about feud security. the president from south africa leading - about feud security. the president from south africa leading that - from south africa leading that delegation presented a ten point plan if you like of all the key elements, he said they were there to listen, they were there also to support previous peace proposals, they wanted to ensure that the blockages that stopped grain and fertiliser from blockages that stopped grain and fertiliserfrom moving blockages that stopped grain and fertiliser from moving fro

our africa reporter shingai nyoka is in the zimbabwe capital harare and has more on the visit.with president putin and essentially expressed concern about the stability of the region. and they called on him to ensure that there's stability in the region. they also expressed concern about food security. president ramaphosa from south africa, who's leading that delegation, presented a ten—point plan, if you like, of all the key elements. he said they were there to listen, they were there also to support previous peace proposals, that they wanted to ensure that the blockages that have stopped grain and fertiliser from moving from ukraine in the black sea, to africa, that they be allowed free passage. and as you heard there, he essentially wants russia to respect sovereignty. he also raised the issue of prisoners of war that are in russia, as well as children who have been abducted — allegedly, as ukraine says — into russia. president putin interrupted the presentations by the african delegation very briefly to defend his position, essentially saying that the reason for the instabi

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mayenijones is in kyiv, and shingai nyoka is in harare. thank you both forjoining us.to the african leaders heading straight to have talks with putin just off the back of meeting president zelensky? well, president zelensky held a press are where seven representatives of african countries yesterday. and he said that he couldn't stop them from going to russia but he really felt that at this moment, diplomatic overtures towards russia were not what was needed. instead, they should freeze russia out diplomatically. the reason he was advocating for that report, he said it would send a clear message to the russian people that the reason they were being isolated globally is because of his actions here in ukraine. mr zelenskyi said that he appreciated the leaders coming over to see him but that he wouldn't negotiate with russia until they let go of any territories they seized in ukraine. and in terms of the impact of the war on globalfood and in terms of the impact of the war on global food prices, and in terms of the impact of the war on globalfood prices, of course populati

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