Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives for talks with leaders of opposition parties in Harare, Zimbabwe, February 6, 2019, REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's churches on Thursday sought to broker talks between the government and its opponents over a political and economic crisis they said had left the country "angry and traumatised", after the main opposition snubbed a meeting with the president.
The southern African nation had hoped to shake off its divided past after a 2017 coup forced long time leader Robert Mugabe from power, but last year's disputed election won by President Emmerson Mnangagwa only deepened political rifts.
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