International Reaction To The 2008 Zimbabwean Presidential Election
The events of the first and second rounds of the Zimbabwean presidential election, which Robert Mugabe of ZANU-PF won on June 27, 2008 after his challenger, Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), withdrew from the process and declared it illegitimate, caused reactions from many international bodies. Other Zimbabwean groups have denounced the poll as well (e.g. the Heads of the Christian Denominations in Zimbabwe.)
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