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Nyasha Chingono in Harare

Voting in Zimbabwe election extended by another day after ballot delays

Voters queue outside a polling station during Zimbabwe's presidential and legislative elections in Harare, on August 23, 2023. Zimbabweans on August 23, 2023 began voting in closely-watched presidential and legislative elections
Voters queue outside a polling station in Harare on Wednesday. Voting in 40 ward across the capital and two provinces has been extended into Thursday Photograph: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images

Voting in Zimbabwe’s election has been extended by another day after huge delays in the delivery of ballot papers to some wards.

The country’s president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, issued a decree late on Wednesday to extend voting by another day in 40 wards across Harare, and the provinces of Mashonaland Central and Manicaland, as the government tried to salvage polling that had been described as “shambolic”.

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