Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has demanded fresh elections supervised by neighboring countries.
— a former guerrilla fighter nicknamed “the crocodile” — had won a second five-year term with 52.6% of the vote. Chamisa won 44%, according to the commission.
Going to court would mark a repeat of 2018, when Chamisa launched a legal challenge after narrowly losing to Mnangagwa in the first election since the ouster ofThe results from the latest disputed vote in the southern African nation withPeople in the country of 15 million were bound to view the results with suspicion, but Mnangagwa, 80, dismissed the opposition's allegations of vote fraud.
Mnangagwa’s officials have angrily reacted to reports by African and Western observer missions that said the polls failed to meet international standards for democracy. The European Union and Carter Center also described an atmosphere of intimidation and raised concerns about the possible disenfranchisement of some voters.
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