A woman shows her ballot paper to election officials before voting in Tsholotsho, 78 miles from Bulawayo. Photograph: Schalk van Zuydam/AP
Many news organisations have been hampered in their reporting of the Zimbabwean elections (in the Guardian's case, our reporter Andrew Meldrum was expelled from the country in 2003 by President Robert Mugabe's regime).
But as Zimbabwe's voters go to the polls today, the Zimbabwe Situation has gathered some news reports from around the web. The Mail & Guardian reports that the election campaign has been largely free of bloodshed, but the opposition denies the election is free and fair.
AllAfrica.com reports that the government has dismissed over 1,000 polling officers and accredited election monitors, accusing them of supporting the opposition Movement for Democratic Change. It reports the government has threatened to crack down on anti-government demonstrations after today's election.
The Zimbabwean website Sokwanele, whose blog was our pick of the day yesterday, says of the "anti-Blair" campaign adopted by Mugabe's Zanu-PF party: "Lots of people are asking 'Who is Auntie Blair?'"
