Zimbabwe PM Boycotts Coalition Government

(16 Oct 09 - RV) Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said today his MDC party would disengage from President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party until sticking points have been resolved and a political deal is reached, sparking the biggest crisis since the administration was formed nine months ago. The fresh crisis in Zimbabwe comes after a court this week ordered the prison detention of Roy Bennett, a senior MDC official, and ruled that he should stand trial on terrorism charges. Spokesperson for London’s Zimbabwe Vigil, Dennis Benton, says this latest move shows that Tsvangirai is starting to take a much stronger line against Mugabe: