MDC minister arrested in Harare

A senior opposition official has been arrested as he was due to be sworn in as a deputy minister in Zimbabwe's unity government, his party says.

Roy Bennett, his party's nominee to become deputy agriculture minister, was reportedly seized at a Harare airport.

He is a white farmer, who has lost his property under President Robert Mugabe's land reform programme, and has previously reported death threats.

MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and Mr Mugabe have agreed to share power.