Zimbabwe’s unity government pulled back from the brink on Thursday night when Morgan Tsvangirai, the prime minister, called off his boycott of power sharing with president Robert Mugabe.

“We have suspended our disengagement from the government with immediate effect,” said Tsvangirai after an emergency regional summit in Maputo, Mozambique.

But he presented Mugabe with a new ultimatum. “We will give President Robert Mugabe 30 days to implement the agreements on the pertinent issues we are concerned about,” he said.

His announcement came after talks with Mugabe and heads of state, including South African President Jacob Zuma, aimed at ending the political stalemate in Zimbabwe.

Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change party boycotted the inclusive government on October 16, raising fears that the eight-month-old power sharing agreement was heading for collapse.

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