Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is to be sworn in for another five-year term in a few hours' time.
Government sources made the announcement even before the results of the election were released. Mugabe is expected to win in a landslide after opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of the race amid mounting violence against his supporters. Meanwhile, one of the few groups allowed into the country to monitor Friday's election has said that it was neither free nor fair. Marwick Khumalo, who headed the 50-member Pan-African Parliament observer team, told reporters in Harare Mugabe 'preparing to be sworn in' ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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