Rival Challenges Zimbabwe Election Results

Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, listens as a journalist asks a question, Aug. 4, 2108, in Harare.

The Movement for Democratic Change Alliance says it will protest to push the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to release “proper results” of the July 30 general election. On Wednesday, protesters demanded the release of poll results in Harare.

Tonderai Bosha, a Zanu PF youth leader in Harare, Aug. 4, 2018, says the opposition must accept results of the July 30 general election, in which his party defeated the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance.

Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance, speaks to reporters in Harare, Aug. 4, 2018.

Residents of Harare walk past burning tires, Aug. 1, 2018, after protesters blocked some roads in hopes of forcing the release of the results of the July 30 elections.

Police blocked the roads to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission offices after protests rocked the capital, Harare, Aug. 1, 2018.