Zimbabwe: Election monitors arrested, as vote extended a second day
By DW
24 August 2023 |
5:29 pm
Zimbabwe's opposition blasted a "fundamentally flawed" electoral process, saying that delays, intimidation and other irregularities meant the ballot was "unable to produce a free and fair electoral outcome."
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