PM Tsvangirai withdrew from government three weeks ago Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has called off his party's boycott of the unity government with President Robert Mugabe. Mr Tsvangirai said he was giving Mr Mugabe 30 days to implement the power-sharing agreement on "the pertinent issues we are concerned about". The prime minister was speaking after regional crisis talks in Mozambique. The MDC accuses Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF of continuing to harass its activists and acting in "bad faith". Mr Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change party says outstanding issues should be agreed within 15 days and implemented within 30 days. Mr Mugabe did not speak to the media after the summit. OUTSTANDING DISAGREEMENTS Harassment
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Zimbabwe escapes diamond ban Media 'still not free' The Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc), which is the guarantor of last year's power-sharing agreement, urged all parties to respect the deal. Mozambican President Armando Guebuza said he thought the situation would change within 30 days. Sadc head Tomaz Salomao said South Africa's President Jacob Zuma would soon visit Zimbabwe to evaluate progress. The next Zimbabwe cabinet meeting is on Tuesday, and MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa said his party's ministers would attend. Mr Tsvangirai walked out of the coalition government on 16 October in protest at the detention of a senior MDC official on terrorism charges and over Mr Mugabe's failure to implement political agreements. The official, Roy Bennett, was later released on bail and is due to go on trial on Monday on charges of terrorism, insurgency, sabotage and banditry. He was arrested in February, as he was due to be sworn in as deputy agriculture minister. The MDC also said there had been "increased violent" attacks on party members by militants from President Mugabe's Zanu-PF, as well as renewed invasions of white-owned farms. Last week, Zanu-PF described the allegations as "cheap propaganda". Mr Tsvangirai's allies also accuse Mr Mugabe of making key appointments, such as the attorney general, the central bank governor, provincial governors and diplomats, without consulting them. Zanu-PF says the MDC has not done enough to attract foreign aid and investment since it joined the government to end the impasse following last year's disputed elections. The unity government has managed to halt Zimbabwe's economic collapse.
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Morgan Tsvangirai
Morgan Tsvangirai, the prime minister of Zimbabwe, said on Thursday that he was calling off his boycott of the coalition government with president Robert Mugabe. The prime minister said he was giving Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party 30 days to work on "the pertinent issues we are concerned about".

Tsvangirai and his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party had pulled out of the coalition government three weeks ago, protesting what they called harassment of Mugabe opponents and accusing the president of not fulfilling the power-sharing agreement agreed to in February.

"We have suspended our disengagement from the GPA Global Political Agreement with immediate effect and we will give President Robert Mugabe 30 days to implement the agreement on the pertinent issues we are concerned about," Tsvangirai said. His move came after he attended a meeting in Mozambique with the Southern African Development Community.