Publication

This report examines the limitations of the much delayed reform process that threatens to derail the 2008 Global Political Agreement (GPA). President Mugabe’s call for early elections has increased fears of return to the unbridled violence of that year. The GPA was signed in September 2008 by the three parties - ZANU-PF, and the two wings of the former opposition, MDC-T and MDC-M - after Mugabe was “re-elected” in an uncontested run-off following violence that caused Tsvangirai (who led the first round) to withdraw.