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Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, head of the African Union’’s 70-member election observer mission in Zimbabwe, speaks to media in Harare on Friday, August 2, 2013. Obasanjo said voting in the country itself was peaceful but the observers noted “incidences that could have been avoided and even tended to have breached the law.’’ (AP Photo)


African Union cautiously approves Zimbabwe vote

African Union cautiously approves Zimbabwe vote

by | Aug 2, 2013 | World

Harare, Zimbabwe, AP—Zimbabwe’s elections received cautious approval Friday from the head of African monitors despite allegations by the main challenger to President Robert Mugabe and a local monitoring group that the vote was heavily rigged. Olusegun Obasanjo,...