Zimbabwe power struggle Zimbabwe’s opposition has bowed to pressure and agreed to join a national unity government with President Robert Mugabe in a last-ditch effort to halt a humanitarian catastrophe.
In spite of deep misgivings on the part of some party leaders and trade unionists, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) decided that it had no choice but to accept the terms of a deal negotiated by southern African leaders this week, even though its key demand – control of policing through the home affairs ministry – was not met.
