Accept Mugabe - ex-MDC member Opposition figure on Thursday broke ranks and urged his peers to accept Robert Mugabe as the country's legitimate leader following a widely condemned one-man election last week.Gabriel Chaibva, a former lawmaker and until recently spokesperson for a breakaway faction of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), said it was time the party accepted Mugabe so the country's political crisis can be resolved. He was stripped of his position in the MDC on Monday, a day after he attended Mugabe's inauguration ceremony.

Tsvangirai Will Not Join Unity Government The African Union on Tuesday urged the two sides to immediately begin negotiations with the goal of sharing power, and numerous news reports have said that such talks already have begun.Yet Tsvangirai, speaking at his home in Harare, the capital, said there have been no meaningful discussions, and none will begin until the African Union appoints a new mediator to oversee the process. His party has repeatedly said that South African President Thabo Mbeki, who was appointed by regional leaders to negotiate a resolution to Zimbabwe's long-standing political stalemate, favors Mugabe.   Who the Zim sanctions would target United Nations - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the country's Reserve Bank Governor are among those who, under a United States-drafted resolution, would face UN asset freezes and travel bans over last week's widely criticised election. According to an annex to the latest version of the draft, obtained by Reuters on Wednesday, Mugabe is among 12 people who would face UN sanctions because he is the "Head of Government responsible for activities that seriously undermine democracy, repress human rights and disrespect the rule of law."Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono would also face sanctions because he is "responsible for funding repressive state policies," the text says.   France calls Zimbabwe vote 'a farce' France's foreign minister says the re-election of Zimbabwe ruler Robert Mugabe is a farce" and that France cannot accept it. Bernard Kouchner says France has decided that Zimbabwe's government is illegitimate.France takes over the European Union's rotating six-month presidency on Tuesday.Kouchner says he is looking forward to seeing Africa's leaders be firm with Mugabe at an African Union summit.But he also points out that for many Africans, Mugabe was long considered a great liberator and anti-colonial hero, complicating matters.Kouchner spoke Monday after Mugabe was sworn in as president for a sixth term. The unoff, in which Mugabe was the only candidate, was widely discredited.   UN's Zimbabwe pledge UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday pledged to work to mediate the political crisis in Zimbabwe, saying the internationally condemned election had implications for all of Africa. Ban, in Tokyo on an Asian tour, repeated his view that the violence-marred election that gave veteran leader Robert Mugabe another term lacked legitimacy. Zimbabweans should be able to "enjoy genuine freedom", so they can "choose their leaders out of their own will without being intimidated", Ban told a news conference. "You have my full commitment that I will spare no efforts to work out a solution," Ban told a news conference. Ban cited the example of Kenya, where former UN chief Kofi Annan brokered a power-sharing deal that ended weeks of bloodshed after a disputed election in December.

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