According to the latest reports from the BBC, armed police have prevented lawyers for Zimbabwe's main opposition, the MDC, from entering Harare's High Court in a bid to release the presidential election result.
The MDC believes its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, defeated President Robert Mugabe in the ballot. Mr Mugabe's own party (Zanu-PF) has said it will back him if a run-off is called.
Zimbabwe's MDC court bid blocked
Robert Gabriel Mugabe will be remembered as a freedom fighter who defeated the racist rule of Ian Smith, only to become a despot himself. During Mugabe's 28 years of power, Zimbabwe has metamorphosed from a major tobacco producer and a potential bread basket for surrounding countries, into a nation crippled by international sanctions, high unemployment and shortages of virtually every basic survival commodity, essential medicines, fuel and foreign currency. Zimbabwe's economy is in tatters with inflation at nearly 165,000 percent - reportedly 50 million Zimbabwean dollars will get you three loaves of bread (or one American dollar on the black market).
Mugabe has blighted the lives of his fellow citizens, but (predictably) he won't go quietly.
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