Zimbabwe sees fresh vote delay as violence rises
source: Reuters Africa
Sun 20 Apr 2008, 13:49 GMT
By MacDonald Dzirutwe
HARARE, April 20 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe announced a delay in the partial recount of its disputed March 29 election on Sunday, extending a political deadlock in which the opposition says 10 of its members have been killed and hundreds arrested.
The delay increased opposition concern about possible vote-rigging by veteran President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party. The recount could overturn the results of the parliamentary election, which showed ZANU-PF losing its majority to the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) for the first time.
Results of the parallel presidential election have not been released, but MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he [continue reading]
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