Mutare, Zimbabwe - Senior Zimbabwean opposition politician Roy Bennett was freed on bail from a prison in the eastern city of Mutare Thursday, 27 days after his arrest on dubious terrorism charges.

The Movement for Democratic Change's Bennett left Mutare remand prison, around 300 kilometres from Harare, after the Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down the state's appeal against a lower court's ruling that he be granted bail.

Harare  - Ministers from several African governments and thousands of Zimbabweans joined Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai at the burial of his wife Susan in her home district of Buhera on Wednesday, five days after her death in a car crash.

At least 5,000 people looked on as Tsvangirai's wife of 31 years was laid to rest next to the couple's modest rural home in the little village of Humanikwa, south-west of Harare.

Harare  - Ministers from several African governments and thousands of Zimbabweans joined Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai at the burial of his wife Susan in her home district of Buhera on Wednesday, five days after her death in a car crash.

At least 5,000 people looked on as Tsvangirai's wife of 31 years was laid to rest next to the couple's modest rural home in the little village of Humanikwa, south-west of Harare.

Harare - Thousands of Zimbabweans packed a stadium on Tuesday for an emotional farewell to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife, Susan, whose death in a car crash continues to be dogged by suspicion despite President Robert Mugabe calling it "the hand of God."

Over 10,000 supporters of Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) turned out at Glamis Stadium, where the coffin of his wife of 31 years, who was mourned in t-shirts and placards as a "heroine," "a rock," and "a mother," was displayed before her burial Wednesday.

Harare - Zimbabwe's cash-strapped unity government, which is looking for 2 billion dollars in short-term aid, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was willing to provide "immediate" assistance, state media reported Tuesday.

A team of experts from the IMF, the World Bank and the African Development Bank (ADB) is in Zimbabwe to assess the country's aid requirements against the backdrop of its already heavy debt load.

Harare  - Zimbabweans began making their way by foot and car Tuesday to a stadium in the capital Harare to bid farewell to Susan Tsvangirai, the popular wife of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai who was killed in a car crash at the weekend.

Scores of people had already gathered at Glamis Stadium for the noon memorial service that is expected to be thronged by supporters of Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Some had hitched a lift from 150 kilometres away.