“We have urged all parties to work together to ensure calm,” Harriett Baldwin, minister of state for Africa, said in a statement.
"... The use of the Zimbabwean military to respond to political protests, or the use of the police force to disrupt press conferences, does not signal a new era, rather it echoes a dreadful past."
Emmerson Mnangagwa pledges to be president for all Zimbabweans and says Nelson Chamisa will have a vital role to perform in the country's future
MDC Alliance says it will pursue legal avenues to overturn the declared Mnangagwa victory
Mnangagwa said his victory was won fairly and he had nothing to hide, although he criticized chaotic scenes where police shouting “clear out” chased away journalists waiting for a briefing by his main presidential election rival Nelson Chamisa.
Rights groups call deadly post-poll violence 'outrageous'
The election commission gave Mnangagwa 50.8 percent of the vote, barely ahead of opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, who promises a court challenge
Truckloads of police, with shields and batons, and cameras rolling, tried to disperse about 100 local and international press gathered to hear Chamisa
Mnangagwa won the ballot by 50.8 percent of the votes, giving him the legitimacy he sought after the November military intervention that forced the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe, and ushered him into office.
Mnangagwa amassed 2,460.463 votes compared to his rival Nelson Chamisa of the Movement for Democratic Alliance who got 2,147.436 (44.3%).
ZEC is expected to announce the last presidential election results for Mashonaland West province, a Zanu stronghold.
Zimbabwe army, police fire live rounds at opposition supporters claiming election win; authorities invoke the Public Order and Security Act
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