'God favours me,' says Tsvangirai

Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said he is praying for divine intervention to ensure Zimbabwe has a bloodless transition in the forthcoming general elections.

Addressing fellow Zimbabweans attending a prayer meeting organised for him at the Nexus Church in North Carolina United States, Tsvangirai described his personal life as a true testimony of God's supreme intervention during life threatening circumstances.

"My life is a testament of the greatness of God, otherwise I would have died long ago, God favours me," he told the meeting.

Tsvangirai is in the United States to attend President Barack Obama's Democratic Party national convention. Delegates will nominate and endorse Obama's candidacy for the November presidential election.

The MDC-T leader cited three occasions where he cheated death and attributed his escape to divine intervention.