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The media is all set for what is expected to be the official announcement of results from Zimbabwe's presidential election.
Our correspondent has been tweeting from the electoral commission's headquarters:
Riot police have arrived at the election results centre in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, Al Jazeera's correspondent tweets:
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A senior Zanu-PF official has tweeted to thank Zimbabweans for "setting an example on free, fair & credible elections".
Nick Mangwana's comments came after the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and other African observers gave the thumbs up to Monday's election - the first since long-serving ruler Robert Mugabe was ousted in November:
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Zimbabweans are waiting anxiously for the official announcement of the presidential election result. It's expected in the next few minutes.
Parliamentary results released so far suggest that Zanu-PF is set to extend its 38-year rule.
The BBC's Africa editor has tweeted a man looking at a map of incoming parliamentary results:
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Pumza Fihlani
BBC News, Harare
Watching the results trickling in from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in the early hours, it became apparent that the ruling Zanu-PF would have a majority in parliament.
Races in some constituencies were so close that they could have gone to the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), had it not been split between Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance and Thokozani Khupe's MDC-T.
The MDC broke into factions after the death in February of its veteran leader Morgan Tsvangirai as his deputies battled over who his successor should be.
In the polls that split showed. It is a lesson for the opposition that in future they should not to lose sight of the bigger prize.
Image source, ReutersNelson Chamisa's supporters were confident he will become president
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party could win Monday's parliamentary election by a resounding majority, giving it a free reign to change the constitution, if it takes 30 more seats, a correspondent with Reuters news agency has tweeted:
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A senior member of Zimbabwe's opposition MDC Alliance says former ruler Robert Mugabe's endorsement of their presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, cost the party votes in Monday's election.
A BBC correspondent in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, has tweeted his comments:
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A crowd has gathered outside the headquarters of the opposition MDC Alliance in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, to show support for their presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa.
A BBC correspondent is tweeting from the scene:
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The MDC Alliance said on Monday that the election was being rigged to allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in power.
The electoral commission rejected the allegation.
Congolese music star Koffi Olomide has arrived in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, to perform at a concert, a BBC reporter tweets:
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Police have been deployed outside the headquarters of the main opposition party in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, ahead of the announcement of presidential election results, a BBC correspondent has tweeted:
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Zimbabwe's landmark elections were conducted largely in accordance with the law, the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) observer mission has said in its preliminary report.
It is the first observer mission to comment since the opposition MDC Alliance alleged rigging in the presidential poll to deny its candidate, Nelson Chamisa, victory.
Our correspondent in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, has tweeted Sadc's findings:
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The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will announce the result of the presidential poll later today, according to the state broadcaster:
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Former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba has arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo after he was acquitted of war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Mr Bemba has vowed to conrest presidential elections due in December.
He was arrested in Belgium in 2008, and fought a decade-long battle at the ICC to clear his name.
Mr Bemba's supporters were at the airport in the capital, Kinshasa, to welcome him, our correspondent has tweeted:
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Andrew Harding
BBC News, Harare
Image source, Getty ImagesMore than 5.6 million people were registered to vote
Zimbabwean election officials say the governing Zanu-PF party has won a majority of seats in parliament.
Results are still coming in, but Zanu-PF has now won more than half the seats in parliament - and could well secure a two-thirds majority.
But there is no news yet about the presidential election, and, in private, foreign observers and diplomats are warning the result could be close, and could be testing for the country’s fragile democracy.
The opposition MDC Alliance has already alleged that the vote is being rigged, without providing hard evidence.
Much now depends on whether the official results tally with the findings of independent local monitoring groups.
Foreign observers are also preparing to offer their preliminary assessments of the process.
Zanu-PF has been in power since the country gained independence in 1980.
Image source, Getty ImagesPresident Cyril Ramaphosa has been under intense pressure to hand more land to black people
South Africa will push ahead with plans to amend the constitution to allow land expropriation without compensation, its president says.
In a recorded address, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the ruling ANC will "finalise a proposed amendment" allowing the move.
He said the reform was "of critical importance" to the economy.
Recent months have seen growing anger about the slow pace of land reform in South Africa.
The country's white minority is believed to have a disproportionate hold over land, with a few thousand white commercial farmers possessing the most fertile lands.
However, critics fear expropriation could lead to land grabs, as happened in neighbouring Zimbabwe.
Image source, Getty ImagesBukola Saraki was an influential figure in the ruling party
Nigeria's Senate President Bukola Saraki has defected to the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP), in the latest blow to ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the run-up to elections next year.
Mr Saraki said the APC had failed to live up to its promises since taking power in 2015, and he had decided to pitch his "political tent elsewhere".
Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa, Alhaji Ahmed Ibeto, and Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed also announced their defection to the PDP.
These are the latest defections to hit the APC. Last week, nearly 50 lawmakers crossed the floor, resulting in the APC losing its majority in the Senate, the upper chamber of parliament.
There has been intense speculation in Nigeria that the opposition is planning to bring impeachment proceedings against Mr Buhari ahead of elections.
His critics accuse him of mismanaging the economy, and failing to tackle insecurity.
He denies the allegation, and is confident of winning a second term.
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And we leave you with this photo of an opposition supporter taking part in premature celebrations of an opposition victory in the presidential poll:
Image source, ReutersKenyan police have raided a rehabilitation centre in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, that featured in a BBC Africa Eye documentary on Monday.
Undercover footage of Darushifa drug rehabilitation centre in Eastleigh area showed guards at the centre violently whipping patients and forcing them to drink a potentially deadly concoction called harmala.
Police are checking the health of patients and releasing those who are fit to go home.
Nacada – the Kenyan government regulator of rehabilitation centres – has also confirmed that the raid is ongoing.
Earlier, Nacada released a statement saying this centre was not accredited in the country and condemned the cruelty and torture of patients.
The owner of the centre has condemned the accusations.
Watch the Africa Eye investigation here:
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Supporters of Zimbabwe's opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are holding a victory celebration outside the party headquarters in the capital, Harare.
They gathered after officials of the MDC Alliance told a press briefing that Mr Chamisa had won the election.
The electoral commision has however not made such an announcement.
Our colleague has tweeted this video:
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He had earlier tweeted that two water cannons and a truck full of police officers passed by the MDC headquarters.