In Zimbabwe, opposition leaders are accusing supporters of President Robert Mugabe of a new round of violence. Members of the Movement for Democratic Change say gangs linked to Mugabe’s political party have targeted neighborhoods that voted against Mugabe in elections last month. At the United Nations, Tendai Biti of the Movement for Democratic Change called for international intervention.

Tendai Biti: “There is a systematic violence that is being unleashed by the state against the people of Zimbabwe. There is complete militarization of the society, and the country itself is being run by military, a quasi-civilian junta chaired by Mugabe himself.”

Tensions have risen in Zimbabwe in the month since the election, with final results still to be announced.