Zimbabwe opposition charged

The police in Zimbabwe said the secretary general of the main opposition party will be charged with treason and faces a possible death sentence.



Tendai Biti of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was arrested in Harare on his return from South Africa.



MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who faces President Robert Mugabe in a June 27 run-off poll, was also detained twice.



The BBC said it has obtained evidence suggesting the military is involved in the Mugabe poll campaign.



The documents outline plans by the ruling Zanu-PF party to harass and drive out opposition supporters, especially from rural areas.



Yesterday, the US also accused Zimbabwe\'s security forces of seizing a lorry loaded with American food aid for schoolchildren, and distributing it to ruling party members.