Zimbabwe’s Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as president for second term

Mnangagwa's second term comes amid unrelenting economic challenges, with the Zimbabwean dollar having plunged 80 percent since the start of the year [Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP]

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to lift millions out of poverty as he was sworn in for a second term after being declared the winner of last month’s disputed election.

Voters went to the polls on August 23 to elect Zimbabwe’s president, parliamentarians and local council members, but the main opposition party described the results that gave Mnangagwa 52.6 percent of the presidential vote as a “gigantic fraud”.