Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and ministers from his party attended a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday after recently ending a three-week boycott of the country’s fragile unity government.
”The prime minister and all the ministers from his party attended Cabinet,” James Maridadi, a spokesperson for Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change, said.
Tsvangirai, a long-time opposition leader, joined his rival President Robert Mugabe in a unity government deal in February this year.
Tsvangirai’s attendance at the Cabinet meeting follows a deadline set by the Southern African Development Community regional bloc last week for the three parties in the government to meet within 30 days to resolve all conflicts.
Since the setting up of the inclusive government, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have disagreed on key appointments of senior government officials such as the central bank governor and attorney general.
Tsvangirai announced his boycott after the arrest last month of one of his top aides, Roy Bennett, on terrorism charges.
Bennett went on trial Monday and the case was adjourned until Wednesday. — Sapa-AFP