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Tokyo – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has criticised the outcome of Friday’s run-off presidential election in Zimbabwe, calling it illegitimate.

The election went ahead despite international appeals for a postponement given the violence and intimidation that preceded it.

“The outcome did not reflect the true and genuine will of the Zimbabwean people or produce a legitimate result,” Mr Ban’s spokesperson said in a statement issued on Monday in Tokyo, where ...