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Geopolitics

Mugabe Sworn In To Fifth Term After Election Opponents Call "Sham"

AL JAZEERA

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HARARE — Zimbabwe’s veteran leader Robert Mugabe has been sworn in for a new five-year term in a massive stadium inauguration that was boycotted by his election rival, Al Jazeera reports.

Mugabe pledged “to observe, uphold and defend the constitution of Zimbabwe,” extending his 33-year rule.

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who insists the July 31 vote was a "sham," was a no-show at the inauguration. For more on Mugabe, read our Le Monde piece in English.


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What Five More Years Of Erdogan Mean For Turkey – And The World

Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cemented his already tight grip on power in Turkey, with an unprecedented third term as president. The West had hoped for a slightly less unpredictable leader, but they will have to make peace with an emboldened Erdogan, who may become even more autonomous.

Photo of a woman walking by a campaign poster of Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul

In Istanbul, Turkey.

Pierre Haski

ANKARA — The re-election of Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not come as a surprise, as Turkey's incumbent president’s lead in the first round was reaffirmed yesterday.

The real surprise had occurred in the first round, contradicting Turkish polls and analyses that predicted the president, in power for 20 years, would be penalized by the deep economic crisis and the devastating earthquake in February. However, that was not the case — or at least not entirely: Erdogan had to face a second round for the first time but was not threatened by Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the candidate of the united opposition.

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