Zimbabweans vote for second day in wards hit by delays

Locals wait to cast their votes during the Zimbabwe general elections in Kwekwe, outside Harare, Zimbabwe August 23, 2023. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean voters were called back to their polling stations on Thursday in 40 wards affected by lengthy delays during Wednesday's election even as vote-counting had already begun elsewhere.

The government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ZANU-PF party, which has been in power for 43 years, are under pressure to deliver a credible election from foreign lenders and donors who have long shunned Zimbabwe due to its record of economic mismanagement, poor human rights and electoral fraud.