Zimbabwe Rejects Opposition Bid to Overturn Election Result
- Ruling allows Emmerson Mnangagwa to be sworn in as president
- Opposition had alleged July 30 vote was rigged by authorities
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Zimbabwe’s top court dismissed the main opposition’s bid to overturn the results of last month’s disputed presidential election.
The ruling confirms the victory of incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a 75-year-old former spy chief who has wooed international investors as part of his pledge to rebuild an economy devastated by decades of former President Robert Mugabe’s autocratic rule.