Zimbabwe court dismisses opposition bid to annul presidential election results

Zimbabwe’s top court on Friday dismissed an opposition bid to have presidential election results annulled over alleged rigging in favor of Robert Mugabe’s successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa. The court “finds the applicant has failed to place before it clear, direct, sufficient and credible evidence” of irregularities, Chief Justice Luke Malaba said in his ruling at the Constitutional Court in Harare on the Movement for Democratic Change party’s legal challenge. “Mnangagwa is duly declared winner of presidential elections.” Mnangagwa, of the ruling ZANU-PF party, won the election with 50.8 percent of the vote - just enough to meet the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a run-off against MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, who scored 44.3 percent.