Africa
Incumbent Mnangagwa wins Zimbabwe’s presidential election
Emmerson Mnangagwa, 80, is entering a second term. Elections in Zimbabwe are regularly marred by irregularities. photo
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Around 6.5 million eligible voters in Zimbabwe were called upon to elect a new president. Incumbent Mnangagwa triumphs – but the opposition accuses his party of electoral manipulation.
In Zimbabwe has incumbents Emmerson Mnangagwa won what observers judged to be insufficiently free and fair presidential elections.
The 80-year-old incumbent was able to secure almost 53 percent of the votes cast, the most promising opposition candidate Nelson Chamisa received 44 percent of the votes, as the election commission said late Saturday evening in the capital Harare.
This secures Mnangagwa, who came to power in 2017 after a military coup, for a second five-year term as president. According to preliminary results, the governing party Zanu-PF was also able to secure a solid majority in parliament.