Recount starts for 23 constituencies
Zimbabwe began a partial recount of votes from March 29 elections, despite opposition efforts to block it and widespread fears that the political stalemate could erupt into violence.
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, accused of treason by the government, said from Johannesburg, South Africa, that he feared being attacked or imprisoned if he returned to Zimbabwe.
The recount in 23 of 210 constituencies could overturn the results of the parliamentary elections, which showed President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF losing its majority to Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change.
Results of a parallel presidential ballot have not been released. There have been concerns in the West and among the opposition that Mugabe is trying to rig the results.
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