Tsvangirai challenges Mugabe to new election

Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said today that it would be better for his party to pull out of power-sharing …

Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said today that it would be better for his party to pull out of power-sharing talks in Zimbabwe than accept an unsatisfactory agreement.

Mr Tsvangirai challenged President Robert Mugabe to call a new election to end the deadlock.

"We are saying to him you can call another election under international supervision and let's see who is going to win that race," he told a rally to celebrate the Movement for Democratic Change's ninth anniversary.

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