26 August 2023 Editors Choice 1 Min Read
Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa re-elected president: electoral commission
Zimbabwean President and leader of the ruling ZANU-PF, Emmerson Mnangagwa, gestures as he casts his vote in the general elections at the Sherwood primary school in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, August 23, 2023.
Image: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Image: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
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Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa won this week's presidential election with 52.6% of the vote, the country's electoral commission said on Saturday.
Mnangagwa, who took over from longtime leader Robert Mugabe after a 2017 army coup, was widely expected to secure re-election for a second term.
According to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, his main challenger, Nelson Chamisa, secured 44% of the presidential vote.
Mnangagwa also narrowly defeated Chamisa at the last presidential election in 2018.
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