Tsvangirai, founding president of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, issued the appeal in an interview Monday with the Houston Chronicle newspaper. He was set to address a forum at the University of St Thomas in Houston on Tuesday evening before traveling on to New York, Philadelphia and Canada. Traveling with Tsvangirai is former parliamentarian Roy Bennett, South African-based treasurer for the Tsvangirai faction of the MDC. Bennett spent eight months in prison in 2005-06 serving a sentence imposed on him by the ruling party-controlled house for scuffling on the floor of parliament with Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa. The two men met Sunday in Dallas with the local branch of their opposition party. – VOA
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12.10.2007
13:12
TSVANGIRAI ON A US UNIVERSITY SPEAKING TOUR
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, on a U.S. university speaking tour, called on the international community to take action to prevent a humanitarian disaster in Zimbabwe where an increasing number of people need food assistance.