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| A senior opposition official has been arrested as he was due to be sworn in as a deputy minister in Zimbabwe's unity government, his party says. | A senior opposition official has been arrested as he was due to be sworn in as a deputy minister in Zimbabwe's unity government, his party says. |
| Roy Bennett, his party's nominee to become deputy agriculture minister, was reportedly seized at a Harare airport. | Roy Bennett, his party's nominee to become deputy agriculture minister, was reportedly seized at a Harare airport. |
| He is a white farmer, who has lost his property under President Robert Mugabe's land reform programme, and has previously reported death threats. | He is a white farmer, who has lost his property under President Robert Mugabe's land reform programme, and has previously reported death threats. |
| MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and Mr Mugabe have agreed to share power. | MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and Mr Mugabe have agreed to share power. |
| An MDC spokesman said Mr Bennett was arrested at the small Charles Prince airport, north-west of the capital, Harare. | |
| On Thursday Mr Bennett told the BBC that he was in hiding as the security services had issued an arrest warrant for him. | |
| The BBC's Andrew Harding in the capital, Harare, says Mr Bennett was in no doubt that Zanu-PF hardliners were trying to scupper the new coalition. | |
| "They want us to walk away from this deal. We've just got to be smarter than them," he said. |