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Zimbabwe president announces vote will go ahead July 31

HARARE, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe’s longtime president has officially announced that elections will go ahead next month despite opposition from the prime minister.

In an official government notice Thursday, President Robert Mugabe said that he was empowered to set the presidential election for July 31.

Legislative and local elections will also take place that day, he said.

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has strongly objected to holding elections next month, accusing Mugabe of choosing the date unilaterally.

Tsvangirai has said that he will not accept Mugabe’s decision, which he described as a “provocation.”

Mugabe was forced into a power-sharing agreement with Tsvangirai following violent, disputed elections in 2008.

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