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Discord within Zimbabwe’s unity government over when to hold new elections and how to carry out black economic empowerment has become a major worry to investors wishing to start businesses in the country, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said.

Following recent events in Libya, there was a lot of speculation, both inside and outside the country, that Zimbabwe could provide a safe haven for ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, with some even claiming that he was already in Harare.

Sixty-two year old retired army General Solomon Mujuru, one of the chief ‘kingmakers’ in ZANU PF, dies in a fire.

A MDC legislator and five journalists were Saturday beaten up by hordes of Zanu (PF) supporters who invaded the Parliament building to disrupt a public hearing by a parliamentary committee on the Human Rights Bill.

ZANU PF has revived its calls to hold elections this year, going against timelines that were agreed to just last week by negotiators to the election roadmap.

The EU and international partners have called on officials in Zimbabwe to speed up the implementation of a power-sharing agreement, also underlining their concerns following last week's bust-up in a Kimberley Process meeting on diamonds.

The full summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Sandton last week was a setback for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party.

South African President Jacob Zuma's absenteeism at the South African Development Community (SADC) extra ordinary summit has shelved off plans to discuss Zimbabwe political crisis on Friday in Windhoek, a top diplomat said on Wednesday.

As expected there were not many changes in the MDC-T leadership following the party's third national congress in Bulawayo last weekend. Morgan Tsvangirai and Tendai Biti were both re-elected and are joined by Nelson Chamisa, who will become the new Organising Secretary.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Troika demand to end violence has not discouraged ZANU PF militants who continue targeting MDC supporters in different parts of the country.