Mugabe wins seventh term as the President of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, extending a thirty three year reign , has won a seventh term in office, officials say, amid claims of electoral fraud.

Mugabe, 89, who has ruled the former British colony in southern Africa since its independence in 1980, was formally proclaimed re-elected for a five-year term barely an hour after Tsvangirai announced his planned legal challenge.

Sources: BBC, NBC, Reuters