Zimbabwe's president takes oath amid U.S censure over vote

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Zimbabwe's president takes oath amid U.S censure over vote
By MacDonald Dzirutwe

HARARE (Reuters) - Emmerson Mnangagwa took the oath as Zimbabwe's president in front of a stadium crowd on Sunday after a divisive election, as U.S. observers of that vote questioned the country's democratic credentials.

The Constitutional Court confirmed Mnangagwa as president in a ruling released on Friday, dismissing a challenge by the man he defeated in the July 30 ballot, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa.

Thousands of people, some bussed in from outside the capital, and foreign leaders gathered at Harare's national stadium for the swearing-in of Mnangagwa, who just secured the 50 percent of votes he needed to avoid a runoff against Chamisa.

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