Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has withdrawn from the June 27 run-off presidential election amid growing reports of pre-poll violence.
Tsvangirai told reporters in the capital Harare that his party, the Movement for Democratic Change, had taken the decision as the vote could not be free and fair and that they did not wish to put voters in danger. Tsvangirai's decision is likely to hand incumbent President Robert Mugabe victory. In the first round of the vote on March 29, Tsvangirai beat Mugabe but failed to garner the absolute majority. The run-up to the second round had been marred by violence. The MDC says 70 of its supporters have been killed, 200 are missing and US blasts attack on convoy in Zimbabwe ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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