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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnagangwa Wins Re-Election After Troubled Vote

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was re-elected.

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was re-elected for a second and final five-year term late Saturday in results announced earlier than expected following another troubled vote in the southern African country with a history of violent and disputed elections.

An opposition party spokesperson said within minutes of Mnangagwa being declared the winner that they would reject the results as "hastily assembled without proper verification."

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