Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Flees To Botswana

DOI 14 April 2008

THE NATION (NAIROBI)-- Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has fled to neighbouring Botswana fearing for his life as the presidential election standoff reached its third week Monday. Mr Tsvangirai left volatile Zimbabwe last week to lobby regional leaders ahead of a crisis meeting on Saturday. Mr Tsvangirai did not return to Zimbabwe after the summit and today the government owned Botswana Daily News said he was on an "indefinite stay in the neighbouring country."

The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), which beat Mr Mugabe's ruling Zanu PF in parallel parliamentary elections says it believes the lives of its leaders are danger amid signs that the ruling party has embarked on a violent campaign to regain its power. Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200804141860.html (Reliability:9)