Zimbabwe counts votes after first post-Mugabe election

By MacDonald Dzirutwe and Joe Brock HARARE (Reuters) - Counting began in Zimbabwe on Monday in the first election since the removal of former president Robert Mugabe, a watershed vote that could pull a pariah state back into the international fold and spark an economic revival. The election is a two-horse race between 75-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a long-time Mugabe ally, and 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa, a lawyer and pastor who is vying to become Zimbabwe's youngest head of state. Mnangagwa is viewed as the frontrunner, though the latest opinion polls showed a tight race.

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