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August 3, 2018

Zimbabwe: Emmerson Mnangagwa Declared Winner of Presidential Election
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Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission has declared Emmerson Mnangagwa the
winner of Monday's national election. Mnangagwa served as vice president
under longtime leader Robert Mugabe. He emerged as interim president
after Zimbabwe's military seized government buildings and deposed Mugabe
last November. Opposition parties have rejected the outcome, questioning
the vote count. On Thursday, police raided the headquarters of the
Movement for Democratic Change in Harare, accusing party leaders of
inciting violence. The raid came as the death toll in a bloody crackdown
by soldiers on Wednesday's post-election protests rose to six.


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