Zimbabwe refuses vote to 3.4 million

ZIMBABWE’S highest court yesterday barred from voting in the general election later this month 3.4 million citizens living abroad.

Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku and four Supreme Court justices said an urgent appeal filed by expatriate Zimbabweans “has no merit and should be dismissed.”

The ruling, from a court led by an ally of President Robert Mugabe, is likely to increase questions about whether the March 31 vote can be free and fair.