In Zimbabwe

The three negotiating principals have ignored the 30-day deadline imposed by South African mediator Jacob Zuma during last month’s SADC summit in Namibia. Zuma's report called for the three Principals to solve the outstanding issues arising from the implementation of the GPA.

The inclusive government reportedly endorsed a decision by the South African government to end a special dispensation that allowed thousands of Zimbabweans, to enter South Africa without documents.

The deputy leader of one of Zimbabwe’s three governing parties, Gibson Sibanda, has died at the age of 66.

The SADC Troika meeting on Zimbabwe - held in Windhoek, Namibia on Sunday - has been described by MDC Secretary-General Tendai Biti as a ‘milestone.’

In the run-up to the SADC summit in Namibia it is believed that South African President Zuma will push for an agreement in Zimbabwe to hold fresh elections in 2011.

Finance Minister Tendai Biti on Wednesday presented his 2010 Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review Statement, in which he announced that he will not propose a supplementary budget and that Zimbabwe’s economic future now hinges on the sale of diamonds from the Marange fields.

Scores of Zimbabwean and other immigrants in South Africa are making their way out of local communities amid mounting fears of xenophobic violence.

Lack of consensus among members during Kimberley Process meeting in Tel Aviv means Zimbabwe can not resume its diamond export from the troubled Marange area.

Diamond watchdog silenced, as he was supposed to address the KP at its half-yearly Intersessional meeting in Israel.

Worrying reports of Ellen Chademana and Ignatius Muhambi being beaten and tortured by police, while their organization GALZ continues to be harassed.