Can Zimbabwe's new opposition party succeed?

Zimbabwe has a new opposition political party in the shape of Zimbabwe People First under the leadership a former Vice President Joice Mujuru.

She was sacked in 2014 by President Robert Mugabe and later thrown out of the governing Zanu-PF.

But can the party do what other opposition parties have failed to do?

Zimbabwe analyst Miles Tendi told BBC Focus on Africa radio that Mrs Mujuru has two major obstacles:

She was a member of Zanu-PF from the 1970s, so she was a part of nearly everything that's occurred in the country since then.

The party needs funding and traditional sources of money from sympathetic western donors have dried up, BBC reports.