APRNEWS - Africanews looks back at the July 30 election in Zimbabwe. The harmonized elections as they were referred to, were the first to be held in the post-Mugabe era. President Mnangagwa announced the 2018 election date in March this year.

REUTERS - Zimbabwe’s top court will on Friday decide whether President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s disputed July 30 election victory should stand against complaints by his main rival that it was rigged.

REUTERS - President Emmerson Mnangagwa called on Friday for Zimbabwe to unite behind him after he was declared winner of national elections, but the opposition leader questioned the outcome and demanded “proper and verified” results be released.

REUTERS - Zimbabwean civil society groups are working on a court application to force the electoral commission to get all polling stations to publish results, Tendi Biti, a senior official from the opposition MDC party, said on Tuesday.

REUTERS - Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his main opponent Nelson Chamisa both said on Tuesday they were confident of victory, after peaceful voting in the first election since the end of Robert Mugabe’s nearly four decade rule.

APRNEWS - About 5.5 million Zimnabweans are voting for a new president, members of upper and lower chambers of parliament and councillors on July 30, 2018.