CAIRO — Prospects for ending the political crisis in Zimbabwe deteriorated Tuesday when President Robert Mugabe and the country’s main opposition party rejected calls by African leaders to form a power-sharing government following the recent disputed elections.
The dilemma of what to do with Zimbab we veered from backroom diplomacy to public recriminations during the African Union summit in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt. Leaders from nations in the 53-member African Union passed a resolution pressing the opposition and Mugabe to compromise.
George Charamba told reporters Zimbabwe would not accept a unity government similar to one put in place in Kenya this year. When asked about Western criticism of the election, the spokesman said: “They can go hang a thousand times, they have no basis, they have no claim on Zimbabwe politics at all.”
