EU calls for reforms amid diamond tension

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 inconclusive and reportedly unilateral decision by the chairman of the international diamond trade watchdog the Kimberley Process (KP), to allow Zimbabwe to resume diamond exports, has been rejected by the EU, as well as other KP members.

Other articles deal with the increased harassment of MDC-T representatives, with Jameson Timba even being detained over the weekend.

Lastly, an interesting opinion piece by Brian Raftopoulos analyzing the outcomes of the recent SADC summits.