Zimbabwe's president rejects Mugabe's claim that election is not free

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Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa casts his ballot as he votes at Sherwood Park Primary School in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe July 30, 2018. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa cast his vote on Monday in the first election since the removal of Robert Mugabe, rejecting claims made by his former mentor a day earlier that the election would not be free. Mnangagwa, a 75-year-old former intelligence chief, is facing off against Nelson Chamisa, a 40-year-old lawyer and preacher who is vying to become Zimbabwe's youngest head of state. (Reporting by Joe Brock; Editing by Angus MacSwan)