Zanu-PF narrowly fights off a challenge from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Morgan Tsvangirai, but loses its power to change the constitution
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Zanu-PF narrowly fights off a challenge from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Morgan Tsvangirai, but loses its power to change the constitution
The leader of the opposition MDC party says, "We are deeply disturbed by the fraudulent activities we have unearthed," and.
The ruling Zanu-PF party wins an overwhelming majority of seats in a newly-created upper house of Parliament, the Senate, the opposition MDC splits over its leaders decision to boycott the poll.
various human rights groups report hundreds of thousands of ghost voters had appeared on the electoral roll of 5.8 million.
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