Zimbabwe: Mbeki Likens Disputed Zimbabwean Elections to Dark 2008 Period – Talks of Unity On Sidelines of UN Assembly

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has likened Zimbabwe’s recent elections to those of 2008 whose conditions, including state sponsored violence, eventually forced a five year Government of National Unity (GNU).

Mbeki, who was key in the institution of a GNU between Mugabe and rival Morgan Tsvangirai of the MDC-T, fell short of suggesting a similar arrangement for Zimbabwe’s current administration following questionable August 23 polls.

According to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC),…