Zimbabwe’s President Re-elected to second Term

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been elected to a second term with 52.6% of the vote.

However, the opposition claimed there had been widespread vote-rigging and international observers said the vote fell short of democratic standards.

However, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) said Mnangagwa’s main challenger, Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate Nelson Chamisa, secured 44% of the vote.

Mnangagwa received more than 2.3m votes, while Chamisa took 1.9m, according to the ZEC.

The electoral body said the voter turnout in the country of almost 16m was 69%, the electoral body said.

The opposition claims the vote was rigged, but the constitutional court has upheld the result.