Zimbabwe opposition’s challenge to Mnangagwa’s election will be heard on August 22

The Zimbabwean opposition’s challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election victory will be heard in the Constitutional Court on August 22, the opposition leader’s spokesman said Thursday on Twitter. Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says the July 30 presidential vote, the first since the removal of Robert Mugabe last year, was rigged by a biased electoral commission. The electoral commission and Mnangagwa say there was no foul play. The Constitutional Court can throw the case out, declare a new winner or order a fresh election, Reuters said. The election had been expected to end Zimbabwe’s pariah status and launch an economic recovery, but was followed by post-election unrest.