Zimbabweans await election results as observer missions note voter intimidation

An election campaign poster with a picture of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on a tree while, in the background, armed riot police prepare to be deployed on the streets of Harare (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabweans are awaiting the outcome of the coutnry’s general election.

Dozens of armed police with water cannons are guarding the national results centre, the scene of deadly violence after the previous vote five years ago.