Counting underway in knife-edge Zimbabwe election

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Zimbabweans arrive to vote at a polling booth in a school in Harare on July 31, 2013. Photo by AFP/ Alexander Joe

Counting was underway in Zimbabwe’s tightly fought election Wednesday, July 31, amid high turnout and accusations of rigging by President Robert Mugabe’s allies who wish to extend his 33-year rule. The 89-year-old Mugabe is Africa’s oldest leader and is running for office for the seventh and perhaps final time. His rival Morgan Tsvangirai hopes the election will usher in a new era for the troubled southern African nation. Organizers reported high turnout across the country for the first election since the violent polls of 2008, that led to an uneasy power-sharing government between the two men. There were no reports of widespread violence this time round, despite the fierce rhetoric of the campaign.

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