Mugabe's party loses control of parliament

Zimbabwe's ruling party lost control of parliament yesterday and the opposition said it had also defeated veteran leader Robert Mugabe in a presidential vote.

Official figures said the combined opposition had taken 105 seats in the 210 seat parliament with one going to an independent. Mugabe's ZANU-PF has so far taken 94.

The mainstream Movement of Democratic Change faction of Morgan Tsvangirai said he had won 50.3 percent of the presidential vote and Mugabe 43.8 percent, according to its own tallies of results posted outside polling stations.