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Zimbabwe opposition rejects 'fake' Mnangagwa victory

Zimbabwe Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa (on phone) has rejected  election results. [AFP]

Zimbabwe's opposition on Friday rejected what it said were the fake results of the landmark election in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been declared the winner.

Zimbabwe woke to the news that Mnangagwa, a former ally of Robert Mugabe, had won the historic first polls since the autocrat's ousting last year with 50.8 percent of the vote, according to the electoral commission.

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