Zimbabwe in old place after elections

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President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives for a press conference at State House in Harare on August 27, 2023. PHOTO | AFP

Zimbabwe remains on the edge, a week after the country held elections that saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa win a second term amid rigging claims by the opposition.

President Mnangagwa, 80, was declared the winner with 52.6 percent of vote against his 45-year-old rival Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), who polled 44 percent in an election marred by delays in the delivery of election material in opposition strongholds.