The aged president, who has just arrived home from more than six week’s holiday in the Far East, left Harare for Zambia even before the results of the election had been announced. The main Zambian opposition, United Party for National Development, has said the election was rigged.
Ruling party Patriotic Front candidate Edgar Lungu was tipped to win the presidential election after building what appeared to be an unassailable lead against his closet rival, Haikainde Hichilema.
Mugabe, who is chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and incoming African Union (AU) chair, was met at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport by Zambia’s Minister of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Nkandu Luo and Zimbabwe’s ambassador Getrude Takawira and her deputy Marshall Matutu.
The election followed the death of President Michael Sata in October 2014
Post published in: Africa News