Recent events in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe and his opposition rival have agreed to share power Thursday.
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March 29, 2008: Zimbabweans vote peacefully in presidential, parliamentary and local council elections.
April 2: Opposition Movement for Democratic Change says its own tallies show its leader Morgan Tsvangirai won presidential elections outright with 50.3 percent of vote.
April 4: Ruling ZANU-PF party says there will be a runoff and endorses President Robert Mugabe as its candidate. Opposition goes to court to try to force release of all election results; court rejects demand.
May 2: Electoral Commission releases presidential results, saying Tsvangirai won most votes, but not enough to avoid runoff with Mugabe, the second-place finisher.
May 10: Tsvangirai, in South Africa, announces he will participate in the presidential runoff.
May 16: Electoral Commission sets runoff date as June 27.
May 17: Tsvangirai postpones his return to Zimbabwe after learning about a planned assassination attempt.
May 24: Tsvangirai returns to Zimbabwe.
June 3: Government orders international aid groups to suspend operations, after accusing them of campaigning for the opposition. Ban stays until Aug. 29.
June 12: Zimbabwe's No. 2 opposition official, MDC secretary-general Tendai Biti, is arrested at Harare airport upon returning from South Africa. He is later charged with treason, but granted bail and released from jail June 26.
June 22: Tsvangirai announces he is pulling out of the runoff, citing violence against his supporters.
June 27: A second round of voting is held. Tsvangirai's name remains on the ballot even though he withdrew. Residents say Mugabe's supporters force them to vote and the international community calls the runoff a sham.
June 29: Electoral officials say Mugabe won the runoff and he is sworn in for a sixth term.
July 21: Mugabe and Tsvangirai agree to discuss sharing power.
Sept. 9: Mugabe and Tsvangirai strike power-sharing deal.
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