Tsvangirai rules out unity talks with Mugabe

Outgoing PM Morgan Tsvangirai has ruled out the possibility of fresh unity talks that could culminate in a second government of national unity with President Mugabe, saying doing so "will sanitise" the "rigged election."

Speculation swirled at the weekend that Tsvangirai's withdrawal of the Constitutional Court petition challenging the re-election of Mugabe last Friday could have been a trade-off and what the two political rivals would hold unity talks.

The Premier's spokesperson said that entertaining talks with Zanu-PF would be akin to "sanitising" the "rigged election."