Food strike called in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s main opposition is backing tomorrow’s mass labour strike planned in protest at food and fuel shortages in the country they blame on President Robert Mugabe.

The policies of Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party have contributed to the country’s economic crisis, including a food shortage that has left at least half of the country at risk of starvation, said Morgan Tsvangirai, head of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change.