Opposition officials accused ruling party militants of preventing the Movement for Democratic Change from holding a rally today, a day after a court lifted a ban on opposition rallies.

Just three weeks before the runoff election, Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe is giving the opposition no room to manoeuvre – harassing and threatening to arrest its candidate, banning its rallies and attacking diplomats who try to investigate political violence.

An opposition party official says police have released the Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

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 today.

President Robert Mugabe’s government has its own presidential election results showing a run-off will be necessary, a Cabinet minister says.