On Wednesday evening, Zimbabwe state media urged all civil servants, business owners and traders to go to work on Thursday.

The mood on Thursday morning, according to Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa in Harare, was “calm and quiet” with “some people already heading to school and work”.
 

Catholic priest Fidelis Mukonori, the man who acts as chaplain to Mugabe and his family, is attempting to negotiate the “political exit” of the 94-year-old leader. But Mugabe insists he can only be removed through a party leadership vote.
 

Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party, has returned to Harare after reportedly undergoing cancer treatment in South Africa. He is expected to deliver a statement later today.
 

No information has been divulged regarding Mugabe’s whereabouts as of Thursday morning.

 Aljazeera
 

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