Activists, Opposition Slam Zimbabwe Polls
- Publisher:
- Agence France-Presse
- Publication Date:
- 1 August 2013
- Tags:
- Zimbabwe, Governance, Legal and Judicial Affairs
A Zimbabwean analyst says Wednesday's general elections in Zimbabwe were conducted in an atmospehere "that does not augure well for freeness, fairness and credibility", while a veteran Zimbabwean opposition leader says he is "totally shocked" at the way the polls were "rigged".
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