Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Endorses Tanzania’s ‘Sham’ Elections, Congratulates Hassan Amid Disputed Outcome That Sparked Deadly Protests

ZIMBABWE’S government has jumped to endorse the disputed elections held in Tanzania last week, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa congratulating President Samia Suluhu Hassan on her victory, which sparked nationwide protests that left several dead.

Amid a tilted political playing field which saw the disqualification and incarceration of an opposition leader and subsequently a contested electoral outcome, Tanzania’s Independent National Electoral Commission on Saturday declared Hassan the winner…