A top aide to Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Roy Bennett (C) arrives at Zimbabwe High Court for the start of his trial on November 9, 2009 in Harare. Bennett, a former white farmer who is the treasurer of Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), is accused of scheming to topple veteran President Robert Mugabe three years ago. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

A top aide to Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Roy Bennett (C) arrives at Zimbabwe High Court for the start of his trial on November 9, 2009 in Harare. Bennett, a former white farmer who is the treasurer of Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), is accused of scheming to topple veteran President Robert Mugabe three years ago.

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  1. Zimbabwean Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, left congratulates newly sworn in Zimbabwe's second vice President John Nkomo at State House in Harare, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009. Nkomo was sworn in following the death of Joseph Msika early this year.
  2. CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 3: (SOUTH AFRICA, UAE, Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai speaks at the Life Centre at Sea Point, on December 3, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. Tsvangirai urged fellow Zimbabweans to consider returning to Zimbabwe to help with the rebuilding process. Tsvangirai told reporters that he is here to convince the sceptics that Zimbabwe is entering into a new chapter which will provide Zimbabweans with many opportunities.
  3. CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 3: (SOUTH AFRICA, UAE, Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai speaks at the Life Centre at Sea Point, on December 3, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. Tsvangirai urged fellow Zimbabweans to consider returning to Zimbabwe to help with the rebuilding process. Tsvangirai told reporters that he is here to convince the sceptics that Zimbabwe is entering into a new chapter which will provide Zimbabweans with many opportunities.
  4. CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 3: (SOUTH AFRICA, UAE, Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai speaks at the Life Centre at Sea Point, on December 3, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. Tsvangirai urged fellow Zimbabweans to consider returning to Zimbabwe to help with the rebuilding process. Tsvangirai told reporters that he is here to convince the sceptics that Zimbabwe is entering into a new chapter which will provide Zimbabweans with many opportunities.
  5. CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 3: (SOUTH AFRICA, UAE, Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai speaks at the Life Centre at Sea Point, on December 3, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. Tsvangirai urged fellow Zimbabweans to consider returning to Zimbabwe to help with the rebuilding process. Tsvangirai told reporters that he is here to convince the sceptics that Zimbabwe is entering into a new chapter which will provide Zimbabweans with many opportunities.
  6. Zimbabwe's Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, centre, flanked, by Deputy Prime Minister, Thokozani Khupe, left and President Robert Mugabe, right during the Budget Presentation at Parliament in Harare, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. The much awaited 2010 National Budget was presented by Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendayi Biti.
  7. Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)'s treasurer and Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate Roy Bennett arrives at the High Court buildings in the capital Harare, November 25, 2009. The case against Bennett, a senior official in Zimbabwe's MDC party is based on false evidence, his lawyers said in a trial which has raised tensions within the fragile unity government. MDC has called Bennett's trial political persecution.
  8. Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)'s treasurer and Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate Roy Bennett walks inside the High Court buildings in the capital Harare, November 25, 2009. The case against Bennett, a senior official in Zimbabwe's MDC party is based on false evidence, his lawyers said in a trial which has raised tensions within the fragile unity government. MDC has called Bennett's trial political persecution.
  9. Zimbabwean deputy agriculture minister-designate Roy Bennett puts on his jacket upon his arrival at the High Court in Harare, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Bennett, Zimbabwe Prime Minster Morgan Tsvangirai's ally, is facing terrorism charges in a case that has caused tension and discomfort in the unity government in Zimbabwe.
  10. Zimbabwean deputy agriculture minister-designate Roy Bennett puts on his jacket upon his arrival at the High Court in Harare, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Bennett, Zimbabwe Prime Minster Morgan Tsvangirai's ally, is facing terrorism charges in a case that has caused tension and discomfort in the unity government in Zimbabwe.
  11. A cyclist goes past street graffiti demanding the freedom of Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change's (MDC) treasurer and Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate Roy Bennett (not in picture) in Harare, November 23, 2009. Bennett is on trial and accused of illegal possession of weapons for terrorism, banditry and insurgency.
  12. Zimbabwe opposition party Movement for Democratic Change's (MDC) treasurer and Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate Roy Bennett enters the High Court building in Harare, November 23, 2009. Bennett is on trial and accused of illegal possession of weapons for terrorism, banditry and insurgency.
  13. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends the 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA) in Porlamar, Margarita Island, northwestern Venezuela, on September 27, 2009. The summit with key energy accords on the table follows a first meeting in 2006 in Nigeria, and is being attended by 30 heads of state and representatives from a further 30 nations.
  14. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends the 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA) in Porlamar, Margarita Island, northwestern Venezuela, on September 27, 2009. The summit with key energy accords on the table follows a first meeting in 2006 in Nigeria, and is being attended by 30 heads of state and representatives from a further 30 nations.
  15. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe walks outside the 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA) in Porlamar, Margarita Island, northwestern Venezuela, on September 26, 2009. The 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA) is aimed at boosting the cooperation of the participant countries, facing the food, financial, economic and environmental crisis, and strengthening agreements and plans of action started in 2006 at the 1st Summit, held in Abuja, Niger.
  16. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (C) arrives at a hotel in Porlamar, Margarita Island, Venezuela, September 25, 2009. The 2nd Africa-South America Summit (ASA), to be held in Margarita, is aimed at boosting the cooperation of the participant countries, facing the food, financial, economic and environmental crisis, and strengthening agreements and plans of action started in 2006 at the 1st Summit, held in Abuja, Niger.

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