Allegra Stratton rounds up recent developments in the country's political crisis Link to this video What happened in the presidential run-off? Tsvangirai was Mugabe's main opponent but withdrew the Sunday before Zimbabwe went to the polls, saying he could not ask people to endanger their lives by voting for him. Nonetheless, the electoral commission ruled that Tsvangirai had pulled out too late to cancel the election and it went ahead. In the end, Mugabe won more than 85% of the vote but Tsvangirai's MDC say they believe most stayed away from voting. There have been at least nine murders since the run-off last Friday. Was it possible to vote MDC? People could have voted for the MDC's leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, whose name remained on the ballot, despite his withdrawal. But few would have taken the risk. Before the evidence of...
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