Zimbabwe Prime Minister and leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Morgan Tsvangirai speaks at a news conference in Harare, June 13, 2013. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and long-time rival Morgan Tsvangirai registered on Friday for elections scheduled for July 31 in which Mugabe is seeking to extend his three-decade rule.
The 89-year-old leader will fight Tsvangirai, 61, for the presidency, while his ZANU-PF party faces Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in the parliamentary election after four years in a forced coalition following a disputed 2008 vote.
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