Sharjah24 – Reuters: Zimbabweans were called back to vote on Thursday in 40 wards affected by delays during Wednesday's election and a prominent human rights lawyer alleged police were detaining about 40 civil society activists who had been monitoring the poll.
Both developments were likely to dent the credibility of the process in a country where the ruling ZANU-PF party has been in power for 43 years and previous elections have been marred by fraud and violence.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was under pressure to deliver a clean election from foreign lenders and donors who have long shunned Zimbabwe due to ZANU-PF's record of economic mismanagement, human rights abuses and vote-rigging.
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