IN 2008 Zimbabweans voted in the most crucial election since independence from Britain in 1980, with veteran President Robert Mugabe facing the biggest challenge of his 28-year-rule.
Zimbabwe 2008 Elections in Pictures
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President Robert Mugabe reacts after casting his vote on election day in Harare, Friday, June, 27, 2008. Looking on, is his wife Grace. Zimbabwe is holding a run off election in which Morgan Tsvangirai, the main opposition leader in the country has pulled out citing violence and intimidation
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A polling official puts up results of the presidential runoff election outside a polling station in Harare, Saturday, June, 28, 2008. Many Zimbabweans deliberately defaced their ballots in a discredited presidential runoff with President Robert Mugabe as the sole candidate, and voted only out of fear, the head of a foreign observer mission said.
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, right, is seen, at his inauguration ceremony at State house in Harare, Sunday, June, 29, 2008. Mugabe was sworn in following a run off election in which he was the sole candidate following the withdrawal of Morgan Tsvangirai, the main opposition leader in Zimbabwe.