Zimbabwe's electoral commission says that the presidential runoff election cannot take place in the time allotted by law.
It rejected calls by opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, that the vote should be held within 21 days of the May 2 announcement of the results from the initial Zimbabwe's opposition weighs run-off option ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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