MDC suspends Tsvangirai

Zimbabwe's main opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has suspended its leader Morgan Tsvangirai on misconduct charges, it emerged on Sunday, as splits in the party deepened over this weekend's controversial senate elections.

But Tsvangirai told state radio that he could only be suspended by the party's national council. He said Sibanda and other senior party officials who met last week in the second city of Bulawayo did not have the power to suspend him.

Playing into Mugabe's hands.

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