Mugabe's Zanu-PF loses majority

The opposition says Mr Mugabe has lost the presidential election


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Robert Mugabe's party has lost its parliamentary majority for the first time since independence in 1980.
Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF party took 97 of the 210 seats, while the opposition MDC won 99, final official results showed.

Presidential election results have yet to be declared, but the MDC said its leader had won the election. Zanu-PF said this was "wishful thinking".
Mr Mugabe has no intention of leaving Zimbabwe, his country's ambassador to the UN told the BBC.
"Robert Mugabe is Zimbabwean," said Boniface Chidyausiku. "He has lived his life to work for Zimbabwe. Why should he choose another country?"
He said Mr Mugabe still had work to do to end economic hardship which he said had been caused by external forces.


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