Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa gives a media conference at State House in Harare. He polled 2.46 million votes against 2.15 million for Chamisa, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced in the early hours of Friday morning. Mnangagwa won 50.8 percent of the vote, official figures showed, just over the 50 percent mark needed to avoid a runoff. Its final assessment will be crucial in determining whether Zimbabwe can return to the international fold. He declined to divulge the specific action that his party would take to challenge the election outcome.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 03, 2018 23:03 UTC