Zimbabwe power talks continue

ZIMBABWE’s rival parties resumed power-sharing talks yesterday, a day ahead of the expiry of a deadline to conclude discussions to end a ruinous political crisis.

After a near week-long break following suggestions the talks were deadlocked, negotiators met again in South Africa to resolve the crisis, which intensified after President Robert Mugabe’s controversial re-election.

A spokesman for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), confirmed the party’s negotiators had returned to Pretoria for Sunday’s meeting.