The Chronicle News Blog: Universities in Zimbabwe Are Ordered to Stay Closed Until After March Elections
Public higher-education institutions in Zimbabwe have been ordered to remain closed until after parliamentary and presidential elections in late March, according to a former national student leader and a university official.
President Robert Mugabe, who has ordered elections to be held March 29, is worried that students might hold demonstrations if the results were perceived to be rigged in his favor, said Promise Mkwananzi, a former president of the Zimbabwe National Students Union.
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