Assassination threat delays opposition leader's return to Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has delayed his return home after an assassination plot against him was uncovered, one of his spokesmen said today.
Tsvangirai, who attended a conference in Belfast yesterday, had been due to return to Zimbabwe today after announcing that he would contest the long-delayed run-off presidential election, now set for June 27.
The Movement for Democratic Change leader has reluctantly decided that he must take part in the run-off, otherwise the president, Robert Mugabe, would win unchallenged.
Tsvangirai, who has been out of Zimbabwe for more than a month trying to garner international support, was to return this weekend to start campaigning.
Tsvangirai, who attended a conference in Belfast yesterday, had been due to return to Zimbabwe today after announcing that he would contest the long-delayed run-off presidential election, now set for June 27.
The Movement for Democratic Change leader has reluctantly decided that he must take part in the run-off, otherwise the president, Robert Mugabe, would win unchallenged.
Tsvangirai, who has been out of Zimbabwe for more than a month trying to garner international support, was to return this weekend to start campaigning.
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