U.S. Envoy: Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Won

PRETORIA, South Africa — The top American envoy on Africa says that the Zimbabwean opposition leader won the presidential elections.

The assistant U.S. secretary of State for African affairs, Jendayi Frazer, was speaking in South Africa yesterday at the start of a visit to bolster international pressure on Zimbabwe's government to release election results from March 29 voting. Mr. Frazer says that the opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, was the "clear" victor. The opposition claims it won and accuses President Mugabe of Zimbabwe with withholding results while he plots how keep power. Mr. Mugabe has led Zimbabwe since its independence in 1980.