• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

Final results in Zimbabwe parliament poll issued

HARARE
Wed Apr 2, 2008 7:32pm EDT

HARARE (Reuters) - Final results of Zimbabwe's parliamentary election have been issued after President Robert Mugabe lost control of the assembly for the first time since taking power after independence, the electoral commission said.

World

The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) won 99 seats. Mugabe's ZANU-PF won 97 seats and a breakaway MDC faction won 10. One independent candidate won a seat.

Results of senate votes will be issued next. No official announcements have been made on the outcome of the presidential election.

(Reporting by MacDonald Dzirutwe)
World


More from Reuters

Photo

Housing starts, consumer prices up in November

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New home construction rose less than expected last month, while consumer prices increased marginally, suggesting little urgency for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates sooner as the economy steadily recovers. | Video

» More Top News
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is pictured at his Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on his nomination to continue as Chairman of the Board of Governors, on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 3, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed

No great expectations

Investors are getting antsy about when the Fed will tighten its purse strings, now that the economy appears to be coming back to life.   Full Article 

ECONOMY
A police officer beats a protester at a road block during a demonstration outside the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen December 16, 2009. Credit: REUTERS/Christian Charisius

Protesters storm barricades

Tensions rise in Copenhagen as police use truncheons and pepper spray to keep back hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Bella Center.  Full Article | Slideshow 

CLIMATE CONFERENCE