The electoral commission in Zimbabwe has, for the first time, admitted that substantial numbers of voters were turned away from polling stations in last week's elections. It said that more than 300,000 people were prevented from voting and further 200,000 might be influenced in their choice of candidate. But the commission said the mistakes were not enough to prevent victory for President Robert Mugabe. A leading member of the opposition MDC, Tendai Biti, told the BBC that Zimbabweans felt deeply dejected because so many of them have made extraordinary efforts to vote only to be cheated. “People enlisted en route in just casting their votes, nearly one thousands came from the X people X that things in order to the exist the right to vote. So when they've been taken away from the election like this, there is a problem.”
津巴布韦选举委员会首次承认,上周选举时投票站禁止大量选民入内,超过30万选民无法投票,20万选民可能在选择候选人时受到影响。但委员会称这些过失不足以阻止Robert Mugabe当选总统。反对党民主变革运动的领导Tendai Biti告诉BBC,很多津巴布韦人为选举付出很多努力却遭到欺骗,他们非常沮丧。“为了投票人们半途赶来,为维护选举权近数千人赶到投票站。所以如果他们被这样的选举拒之门外,就会出现问题。”
The United Nations says Colombia has seen a strong reduction in coca plants. The UN office on drugs said the land planted with coca bushes had dropped by a quarter between 2011 and 2012 and was now at its lowest in a decade. Analysts say the fall in coca production suggests illegal groups, which often financed themselves through drug trafficking, may be increasing moving into illegal gold and emerald mining.