Tsvangirai postpones Zimbabwe return after threat

A controversial shipment of arms from China and destined for Zimbabwe has arrived in Harare, the Weekender newspaper reported on Saturday -- apparently thanks to assistance by the South African government. The report said the Zimbabwean government ...

Assassination threats have derailed plans by Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to return home to campaign for the presidential runoff vote, a party official said Saturday. Movement for Democratic Change officials received information ...

Runoff date scheduled in Zimbabwe Seven weeks after the presidential election, Zimbabwe finally set a runoff date Friday, saying longtime President Robert Mugabe and rival Morgan Tsvangirai will face off in a June 27 ballot that the opposition fears ...

Morgan Tsvangirai won 47.9 percent of the presidential vote according to official results. But when contacted by CNN, a Cabinet member denied that the government had any possible role in the alleged plot, and said Saturday's report was an effort to ...

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai restarts his campaign to oust Robert Mugabe at home on Saturday. It comes after seeking support abroad in his risky standoff with the president. Zimbabwe will hold a second round of a presidential ...

Plot' delays Tsvangirai return Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has postponed a return to Zimbabwe because of concerns about a plot to kill him. "We have received information from a credible source concerning a planned assassination attempt," his ...

Morgan Tsvangirai at the Liberal International Congress in Belfast today. Photograph: Paul Faith/PA Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has delayed his return home after an assassination plot against him was uncovered, one of his ...

Zimbabwe was preparing Saturday for a presidential election run-off after a June 27 date was set for the next round of the hotly contested political struggle...Challenger Morgan Tsvangirai has vowed to defeat President Robert Mugabe, who admitted ...

MDC spokesman "We have received information from a credible source concerning a planned assassination attempt against President Tsvangirai. We are not in a position to say whether this threat concerns the actions of the state or a non-state actor," ...

3 Harare: Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not return home on Saturday, his party said. Tsvangirai was expected to prepare for the second round of elections against Robert Mugabe. Movement for Democratic Change spokesman Nelson ...