Zimbabwe's opposition has accused the government of a campaign to wipe out its newly won majority in parliament after one of its MPs was abducted in broad daylight by soldiers outside the high court in Harare. The Movement for Democratic Change said the kidnapping, earlier this week, was part of an onslaught against its control of parliament by Robert Mugabe's forces which included the arrests of at least 10 opposition MPs on trumped-up charges and the forcing of many others into hiding or abroad through violence and threats to their families. Naison Nemadziwa, MP for Buhera South in Manicaland, was able to make a mobile phone call to another opposition legislator after he was snatched on Monday and said he recognised the officer in charge of his abduction as an army colonel. Colleagues of the missing MP said the colonel is...
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