Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, and defeated presidential...

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, and defeated presidential candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai, was charged formally with treason. He is accused of involvement in an alleged plot to assassinate President Robert Mugabe.
Tsvangirai surrendered voluntarily to the central police station in Harare. He was later charged with high treason in the magistrate's court, with another senior colleague, Renson Gasela, the shadow agriculture minister of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change.
Both have denied the charge.Treason carries a maximum sentence of the death penalty in Zimbabwe.