Incomplete official results from Zimbabwe’s election show that the country’s ruling Zanu-PF party is headed for a comfortable majority in the parliament amid claims of vote-rigging by the opposition MDC Alliance.
Nearly 5.5 million voters in Zimbabwe will be heading to the polls with a fresh hope to elect a leader that can steer the country out of four decades of the economic and political rut it faced under strongman Robert Mugabe.
In a move that marks a dramatic escalation of pressure on embattled South African President Jacob Zuma, the country’s elite police unit raided the home of the influential Gupta family that has close ties with the leader.
The authorities stepped up security in the Kenyan capital Nairobi ahead of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s inauguration on Tuesday as the opposition geared up to hold a protest rally against the “coronation.”
Zimbabweans flocked to a stadium at Harare to witness a “historic day” as Emmerson Mnangagwa prepares to be sworn in as the country’s president following an abrupt end to Robert Mugabe’s marathon regime.
Zimbabwe’s ousted vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa is likely to take over as the country’s new president after Robert Mugabe announced his resignation amid mounting pressure to step down.
Zimbabwe’s former vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose sacking last week spurred a military takeover, called on the president to resign as the ruling party braces for impeachment proceedings.
The political upheaval in Zimbabwe descended into confusion on Thursday after President Robert Mugabe, under house arrest for last two days, was photographed shaking hands with the military official who led the takeover.
Kenyans are voting for the second time in a span of about two months as thousands of security personnel safeguard polling stations while opposition supporters hold protests and attempt to thwart the presidential polls.
The heart-rending incident reported from Libya’s western city of Zawiya follows within days after the European Union approved a controversial plan to tide the flow of migrants from the African nation.
