Big turnout in Zimbabwe vote
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. Counting begins in the first elections held without Robert Mugabe as a candidate.
Counting has begun in the first elections Zimbabwe has held without Robert Mugabe as a candidate. Turnout was high - the election commission says that three quarters of registered voters took part. We hear from Johnnie Carson a former US Ambassador to Harare who's part of an election monitoring team.
Also, should criminal records checks unfairly stigmatise those who have been acquitted of a crime?
And why have 4 million people in the Indian state of Assam been stripped of their citizenship? We speak to the Indian High Commissioner in London.
(Picture: A woman casts her vote, with a baby in tow; Credit: Getty Images).
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