TheCarter Center, a U.S.-based elections observer group, said Zimbabwean authorities “did not accredit 30 of the center’s short-term observers,” adding that this “represented a severe obstruction of the Carter Center’s mission inconsistent with commonly recognized and respected norms and practices." “The Carter Center has observed that the 2023 elections in Zimbabwe took place in a restricted political environment and that the administration of the elections lacked independence and transparency in key areas,” said the group in a preliminary statement on the elections in the southern African nation.