Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, who turns 93 in February, has been endorsed as the ruling party's candidate in a national election scheduled for 2018.

The main challenger to Zimbabwe’s long-time president, Robert Mugabe, says the election there is “null and void” due to alleged violations in the voting process.

Results so far from a recount of disputed seats confirm the opposition’s majority in parliament, a government-run newspaper reported today as a top US envoy called for international intervention against state-sponsored violence.

Zimbabwean opposition activists bruised, battered and bloodied – reportedly by police while in custody – have been temporarily released, their lawyer said.

One person died and at least 11 were wounded in violent clashes on the second day of polling in a parliamentary by-election in Zimbabwe today, hospital officials said.