ZIMBABWE: President Robert Mugabe is fighting a new power struggle.

And the wrangling in his own party could oust him faster than street battles with a reinvigorated political opposition.

While Mugabe's secret police step up a brutal crackdown on government opponents, analysts today said factions within the ruling ZANU-PF were plotting to force him out.

A key test could come next week when the ruling party's Central Committee meets.