Robert Mugabe has been the leader
of Zimbabwe in southern Africa since 1980 and is the country's only leader
since it gained independence from Britain. He was declared victor for his
seventh term as president of Zimbabwe on Saturday, August 3, according to the
head of the country's Election Commission. Allegations of voter fraud have
surfaced for this most recent vote, and tensions were already high due to a
troubled 2008 vote. That election left Mugabe as the only candidate after Prime
Minister Morgan Tsvangirai dropped out amid election fraud, violence and
arrests targeting his party and supporters. Tsvangirai ran unsuccessfully against Mugabe in 2002 and was later
arrested several times, jailed on charges of treason and severely beaten
in police custody.
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