Addendum

Relevant updates on my most recent postings:

News has come in from Zimbabwe that Mugabe is planning on forming the next government with or without Tsvangirai. No surprise here really. A more potent force than Mbeki was needed to guide these talks if they were to arrive at any real compromise.

Pakistani news outlets are reporting that Musharraf has agreed, in principle, to step down and possibly leave the country. This may be seen as a step in the right direction, but unless the government exerts its new found strength and imposes civilian rule on the military and intelligence communities then the end result will be an even greater power vacuum than presently exists...and that, my friends, is a scary thought.

(Hat tip: FP Passport)