Opposition Leader Tsvangirai Returns to Zimbabwe

(24 May 08 - RV) Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai returned home to Zimbabwe today, six weeks
after leaving to warn the world his supporters faced an onslaught of state-sponsored violence.

Speaking in the capital Harare, Tsvangirai said that 42 of his party's «most dedicated, brightest and strongest» supporters and activists have been killed since the first round of voting.

However he said he did not expect the violence to keep his supporters from the polls June 27, when he faces a presidential run of with Robert Mugabe.

Dennis Benton of the Zimbabwe Vigil says that the Mugabe regime will stop at nothing to retain their grip on power, but that African nations are beginning to show more support for Zimabwe.