Zimbabweans vote for second day in wards hit by delays

Zimbabwean voters were called back to their polling stations on Thursday in 40 wards affected by lengthy delays during Wednesday's election even as vote-counting had already begun elsewhere. The government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ZANU-PF party, which has been in power for 43 years, are under pressure to deliver a credible election from foreign lenders and donors who have long shunned Zimbabwe due to its record of economic mismanagement, poor human rights and electoral fraud. Mnangagwa, 80, took over from longtime strongman Robert Mugabe when he was ousted in a military coup in 2017.