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Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai walks out of the building as they break for lunch during their the Southern African Development Community Troika on Politics, Defence and Security meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, South Africa, Thursday Nov. 5, 2009. Southern African mediators are meeting in Mozambique aimed at preventing the collapse of Zimbabwe's unity government. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai walks out of the building as they break for lunch during their the Southern African Development Community Troika on Politics, Defence and Security meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, South Africa, Thursday Nov. 5, 2009. Southern African mediators are meeting in Mozambique aimed at preventing the collapse of Zimbabwe's unity government. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai speaks to journalists at the end of the SADC Troika on Politics, Defence and Security meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, Thursday Nov. 5, 2009. Tsvangirai has called off his party's boycott of the unity government with President Robert Mugabe. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai speaks to journalists at the end of the SADC Troika on Politics, Defence and Security meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, Thursday Nov. 5, 2009. Tsvangirai has called off his party's boycott of the unity government with President Robert Mugabe. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Zimbabwe's premier counting on South Africa
The Associated Press
Thursday, November 05, 2009
MAPUTO, Mozambique — Zimbabwe's prime minister says assurances South Africa will be watching persuaded him to end his boycott of his country's troubled unity Cabinet.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told reporters late Thursday after talks with regional leaders he was returning to Cabinet meetings but still had differences to resolve with President Robert Mugabe. He says South Africa will monitor talks among Zimbabwean leaders and report back in 15 days.
Tsvangirai has demanded South Africa and the other 14 members of the Southern African Development Community to take a more active role in ensuring the unity government works.
Tsvangirai announced his boycott of the unity government three weeks ago, citing a surge in political violence by Mugabe's supporters.
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Nov 06, 2009 - 04:42 a.m. EDT
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