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Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has returned to Zimbabwe for fresh talks with President Robert Mugabe on a stalled power-sharing deal. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has returned to Zimbabwe after an absence of more than two months.
It is the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader's first time in the country for more than two months. The leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is to have fresh talks with President Robert Mugabe on a stalled power-sharing deal.
The rivals will discuss a four-month-old unity government agreement, which has never been implemented amid ongoing disputes over how to divide ministries. The rivals will discuss a four-month-old unity government agreement, never implemented amid ongoing disputes.
It comes as Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic death toll rose to 2,225. Mr Tsvangirai says he was issued a new passport only on Christmas Day - after a six-month wait.
He left Zimbabwe on 10 November to seek help from regional leaders on Zimbabwe's crisis.
His returns comes as Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic death toll rose to 2,225 with more than 42,000 others infected and 1,550 new cases being reported every day, according to UN children's agency, Unicef.
The MDC will not be bulldozed into an agreement which does not meet the aspirations of the people of Zimbabwe Morgan Tsvangirai Crunch time for Zimbabwe?
Mr Tsvangirai, who remains prime minister-designate, and Mr Mugabe are due to meet on Monday for talks mediated by South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, his predecessor Thabo Mbeki and Mozambican leader Armando Emilio Guebuza.
"I'm glad to be back home," Mr Tsvangirai was quoted by AFP news agency as saying, after arriving in Zimbabwean capital Harare from Johannesburg. "I hope the meeting will find a lasting solution to the crisis.""I'm glad to be back home," Mr Tsvangirai was quoted by AFP news agency as saying, after arriving in Zimbabwean capital Harare from Johannesburg. "I hope the meeting will find a lasting solution to the crisis."
He added: "The MDC will not be bulldozed into an agreement which does not meet the aspirations of the people of Zimbabwe."He added: "The MDC will not be bulldozed into an agreement which does not meet the aspirations of the people of Zimbabwe."
Mr Tsvangirai and Mr Mugabe are due to meet on Monday for talks mediated by South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, his predecessor Thabo Mbeki and Mozambican leader Armando Emilio Guebuza.