President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party recaptured a parliamentary seat by default after the country’s main opposition party boycotted a by-election in a protest against alleged government repression, ruling-party members said on Saturday. Speaking on state radio on Saturday after a court declared him the sole candidate, Zanu-PF lawmaker Phineas Chihota said his win in the Seke district showed that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change was “in disarray and slowly sinking into oblivion.” Full Story