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31 July 2018updated 05 Oct 2023 8:39am

Zimbabwe’s opposition have declared victory, but will its establishment relinquish power?

Nelson Chamisa, 40, is facing the incumbent 75-year-old Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has close links to the military.

By Martin Plaut

Zimbabwe’s opposition, Movement for Democratic Change, is already triumphant. Nelson Chamisa, the MDC candidate, has already tweeted:

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