Another call for a Government of National Unity, this time from Zimbabwe’s ambassador to the UN, Boniface Chidyausiku. There seems to be a positively refreshing outbreak of the urge to compromise – although I suppose the key sticking point would be who would be President in any such Government. MDC will expect Tsvangirai to lead, [...]

So yesterday’s “historic announcement” was confirmation from both Morgan Tsavngirai and Arthur Mutambara that the two MDC factions were to reunite – if I was being picky, I’d point out that it’s hardly ‘historic’ to return to the party’s starting point, but it’s significant in that it gives the MDC an overall majority in the [...]