Emmerson Mnangagwa has won the Zimbabwean presidential election, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced early on Friday morning amid growing tension in the country.

ZEC chairperson Priscilla Chigumba said Mnangagwa had received 2,460,463 votes (50.8%) followed by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance’s Nelson Chamisa with 2,147,436 votes (44.3%).

The ruling Zanu-PF was also confirmed to have clinched the majority in the country’s parliament.

The army crackdown destroyed the hype that followed its removal of long-time President, Robert Mugabe eight months ago. Now there is growing suspicion among the general Zimbabwean populace  that the generals who launched the coup remain Zimbabwe’s rulers.