The international community must ensure that Zimbabwe’s looming elections are free and fair and not stolen once more by Robert Mugabe’s Zanu (PF) party, the country’s Prime Minister declared last night.
“My call to the world is, ‘You must insist on the necessary reforms to create a conducive environment for free and fair elections and a lasting solution to the crisis in Zimbabwe,’ ” Morgan Tsvangirai said in an interview before an African business summit in London today, organised by The Times.
“Zimbabwe can’t afford isolation and continued vilification by the world,” said the man who was robbed of victory over Mr Mugabe in the 2008 presidential election by a vicious campaign of state-sponsored violence and repression against his supporters.
“Above all we don’t