Zimbabwe run-off election set for June 27

9.02.00am UTC (GMT +0000) Sat 17th May 2008

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The run-off presidential election in Zimbabwe will take place on June 27.

Current President - President Mugabe told a party meeting yesterday that the first-round result had been "disastrous" after he lost to Morgan Tsvangirai but without his opponent winning an outright majority. The president added that he was not prepared to lose power to an opposition he said was backed by "a hostile axis of powerful foreign governments"

The runoff was called after the election commission declared that Tsvangirai won nearly 48% of the vote in the first round to just over 43% for Mugabe. The opposition claims Tsvangirai won outright with 50.3%.