Tsvangirai takes Mugabe to court

Harare, 26 Nov-(ANA)-Zimbabwe's prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai has asked the high court to revoke President Robert Mugabe's appointment of provincial governors, court papers have revealed.

A source at Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party confirmed that the prime minister had filed the lawsuit on Wednesday, a move likely to strain the shaky power-sharing government even more.

Tsvangirai formed a government with Mugabe last year to ease tensions in the aftermath of a bloody presidential election and mend an economy ravaged by a nearly decade-long economic crisis.

The work of the government has been hamstrung by haggling over the allocation of top government posts.

The lawsuit came as mediator Jacob Zuma, the South African president, was expected in Harare to attend to differences threatening the compromise government. (ANA)

FA/ANA/26 November 2010--------