Mugabe 'warns plotters'

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has warned his party that it is in danger of splitting as rival factions manoeuvre to secure influential positions, Reuters news agency reports. 

"We go day and night wanting to get information. If we can't get it, we manufacture information that will damage the group that you are opposed to most. We have become liars," he told Zanu-PF's central committee, it reports.    

The 91-year-old Mr Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, is due to address delegates at the party's national conference on Friday. 

Last year, Mr Mugabe sacked his deputy, Joice Mujuru, after accusing her of plotting to oust him. She denied the allegation.