Police curb Zimbabwe opposition election campaign

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

HARARE (AFP) — Police forced Zimbabwe opposition chief Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday to halt his campaign to topple Robert Mugabe at a run-off poll, his party said after he was detained for the second time in a week.

As Mugabe's government ordered charities to halt work over accusations they were biased toward Tsvangirai, the Movement for Democratic Change leader was again frustrated in his attempts to rally supporters for the June 27 ballot.

MDC officials travelling with Tsvangirai in the south of the country said he was initially turned back at a police checkpoint on his way to address a group of mineworkers and told he did not have permission to campaign in the area.

After circumventing the checkpoint and making a couple of unscheduled campaign stops, his...