A Zimbabwe Update #
April 1st, 2008 | In Worth Knowing
When I saw this story this morning, I just hoped it wasn’t an April Fool’s Joke.
Advisers to President Robert G. Mugabe of Zimbabwe are in talks with the opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, amid signs that Mr. Mugabe may be preparing to resign, a Western diplomatic source and a prominent Zimbabwe political analyst said Tuesday. The negotiations about a possible transfer of power away from Mr. Mugabe come after he apparently concluded that a runoff election would be demeaning, a diplomat said.
Also of note, an interesting (and hopefully outdated) Op-Ed by Heather Holland, author of Dinner with Mugabe (Economist review), about how the world shouldn’t isolate Mugabe if he claims victory.