Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe faces a serious challenge to his 33-year grip on power in elections held today.
Mugabe has been in a power-sharing deal with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai since Zimbabwe’s last disputed and violent election in 2008.
He’s promised that if he loses he will hand power over to Tsvangirai.
Anchor Carol Hills gets the latest from Ed Cropley, Reuters Southern Africa Bureau Chief. He says the elections are, so far, going smoothly.
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