Reporting by Nyasha Chingono and Nelson Banya
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HARARE, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa won this week’s presidential election with 52.6% of the vote, the country’s Electoral Commission said on Saturday.
Mnangagwa, who took over from longtime leader Robert Mugabe after a 2017 army coup, was widely expected to secure re-election for a second term.
His main challenger, Nelson Chamisa, secured 44% of the presidential vote, according to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.
Mnangagwa also narrowly defeated Chamisa at the last presidential election in 2018.
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