The Ongoing Contest to Shape Zimbabwe's Next Government

Zimbabwe's ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), will convene a leadership congress Dec. 15-18 ahead of possible 2011 elections, and the struggle to determine a successor to President Robert Mugabe is ongoing. Amid domestic, regional and international politicking, no clear frontrunner has emerged between top ZANU-PF factions led by Defense Minister Emerson Mnangagwa and former army commander Solomon Mujuru, nor has Mugabe ruled out another presidential term.