Zimbabwe's high court on Tuesday threw out a bid by an ally of President Robert Mugabe to nullify the election of the speaker of parliament from rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday insisted that Zimbabwe should make more progress before sanctions can be lifted, resisting pressure from South African President Jacob Zuma.
Mugabe has defended new rules to give locals a majority shareholding in corporations as the Zimbabwean President celebrated his 86th birthday with a $US300,00 ($335,000) party in a country beset by poverty and a life expectancy of 44.
Lawyers for Zimbabwe politician Roy Bennett disputed on Wednesday a state witness' evidence backing up emails linking Bennett to a terrorism plot, saying he was not suitably qualified to declare their authenticity.
President Robert Mugabe said Wednesday that he and his partners in Zimbabwe's unity government agreed that "sanctions must go", a day after the European Union extended its restrictions on the country.