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| Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his wife Susan have been involved in a car crash which has left her badly hurt, party sources say. | Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his wife Susan have been involved in a car crash which has left her badly hurt, party sources say. |
| Mr Tsvangirai is said to be lightly injured. The accident is said to have happened on a road south of Harare. | Mr Tsvangirai is said to be lightly injured. The accident is said to have happened on a road south of Harare. |
| Mr Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party, formed a unity government with President Robert Mugabe last month. | Mr Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party, formed a unity government with President Robert Mugabe last month. |
| The two had been long-time rivals before agreeing a power-sharing deal. | The two had been long-time rivals before agreeing a power-sharing deal. |
| MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa told Reuters news agency that Mr Tsvangirai was not in a critical condition. | MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa told Reuters news agency that Mr Tsvangirai was not in a critical condition. |
| "We have just heard that there was an accident of sorts involving the president of the party. Injuries, yes, but not critical condition, we are still assessing the actual condition," he said. | "We have just heard that there was an accident of sorts involving the president of the party. Injuries, yes, but not critical condition, we are still assessing the actual condition," he said. |
| The prime minister was on his way to his rural home at the start of the weekend when his vehicle is said to have been involved in a collision near Beatrice. | |
| He was apparently not seriously hurt but was immediately transferred to a clinic in the capital, Harare, the BBC's Peter Biles in Johannesburg says. | |
| The accident comes just two days after Mr Tsvangirai delivered his maiden speech in parliament after being sworn in as prime minister in Zimbabwe's power-sharing government, our correspondent adds. | |
| He and his wife Susan have several children. |