Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe Claiming Victory, Again

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe’s party has claimed victory in this week’s election.

But his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai says vote rigging made the poll a farce.

Michael Bratton is a professor of African studies at Michigan State University.

Anchor Carol Hills speaks with Bratton about his article in Foreign Policy magazine about Mugabe’s efforts to engineer his own re-election.

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