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MDC approaches court to challenge Zimbabwean election results

Zimbabwe's MDC party leader Nelson Chamisa
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Zimbabwe’s MDC opposition party has vowed to overturn in court President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s narrow election victory, alleging that he won the historic vote via, quote: “mammoth theft and fraud”.

The MDC has until Friday to lodge its suit.

Mnangagwa — formerly a close ally of Mugabe — won 50.8 % in last week’s vote, just scraping in above the 50% run-off threshold.

Meanwhile, there is still no word on the fate of opposition leader Tendai Biti who was arrested as he tried to flee to neighbouring Zambia.

The state-run Chronicle newspaper says Biti was among nine suspects sought for inciting the MDC protests after the announcement of the parliamentary election results.

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