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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa declared election winner, opposition rejects result

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Evarist Chahali
Aug 28, 2023
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HARARE, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's elections commission said late on Saturday that incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa had won this week's presidential election with roughly 53% of the vote, but the opposition and analysts immediately questioned the result.

Mnangagwa, who took over from longtime leader Robert Mugabe after a 2017 army coup, was widely expecte…

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