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oberliner

(58,724 posts) Thu Aug 2, 2018, 08:34 PM Aug 2018

Zimbabwe election: Emmerson Mnangagwa wins election

Source: BBC

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won Zimbabwe's presidential election, according to the country's electoral commission.

With all 10 provinces declared, Mr Mnangagwa won 50.8% of votes to 44.3% for opposition leader Nelson Chamisa.

Police removed opposition officials from the electoral commission stage when they rejected the results.

The chairman of Mr Chamisa's MDC Alliance said the count could not be verified.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-45053412

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Zimbabwe election: Emmerson Mnangagwa wins election (Original Post) oberliner Aug 2018 OP

ZANU-PF is a scourge on Zimbabwe. roamer65 Aug 2018 #1

Gotta be better than Mugabe oberliner Aug 2018 #2

roamer65

(36,745 posts)

1. ZANU-PF is a scourge on Zimbabwe.

Reply to oberliner (Original post)

Thu Aug 2, 2018, 10:55 PM

Aug 2018

If the ANC in South Africa enacts the constitutional change to confiscate land without compensation, it will lead the ANC down the same path of ZANU-PF...failure.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

2. Gotta be better than Mugabe

Reply to roamer65 (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 2, 2018, 11:53 PM

Aug 2018

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