In Zimbabwe, main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has announced plans to negotiate with President Robert Mugabe’s government. Tsvangirai says some 600 opposition activists have been abducted and tortured this year.

Morgan Tsvangirai: “For over a period of a month, the Mugabe regime has sustained a vicious war against the MDC and its supporters. The targeted attacks on, and the attempted assassinations of, the MDC leadership on March 11, 2007, marked the beginning of a systematic program designed to cripple and ultimately destroy all other democratic formations.”