Tsvangirai: Mbeki alone not good
July 3, 2008, News24
Donna Bryson


Johannesburg - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has rejected an African Union decision to keep South Africa's president alone in charge of efforts to resolve Zimbabwe's political crisis.

Speaking to reporters at his home in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, Tsvangirai said on Wednesday that his group would not participate in talks about forming a governing accord with President Robert Mugabe's government unless an additional mediator was appointed.

The opposition leader's comments came a day after an AU summit reconfirmed South Africa President Thabo Mbeki as mediator. .......



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