Zimbabwe elections: Aggressive raid on Chamisa’s press conference
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa looks on as he gives a media conference at the State House in Harare. We all knew what to expect claims from Mr Chamisa that the election had been stolen and he was determined to overturn the result.
But Mr Mnangagwa and his party were in a strong position; the results had not come just from the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) which the MDC has been attacking for supposedly allowing malpractice, but the poll had been signed off by observers from the US, EU, the African Union, regional states and the Commonwealth.
Then armed riot police, three carriers full, backed by a water cannon suddenly arrived outside the hotel where Mr Charisma was due to speak, the Bronte hotel, which also happened to be the place where many journali...
