United Movement for Democratic Change

United Movement for Democratic Change is a Zimbabwean political party founded in November 2014 as a merger of two parties descended from the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC): the Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube (MDC-N) headed by Welshman Ncube, which broke away from MDC in 2005, and the MDC Renewal Team led by Tendai Biti, which broke away from Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai in 2014 in protest against what they saw as the ineffectual leadership and increasingly authoritarian tendencies of party chairman Morgan Tsvangirai.[1] The party is intended as the core of a united opposition movement in Zimbabwe and is jointly led by Ncube and Sekai Holland. It aimed to hold a formative party congress in August 2015 to agree on a manifesto.[2] The party has 17 MPs (15 from MDC Renewal Team and 2 from MDC-N) and 2 Senators (both former Renewal Team members) making it the third strongest parliamentary party in Zimbabwe.

Swedish Ambassador Sten Rylander (left) and United States Ambassador James D. McGee (center) console a woman believed to be over 80 years old who reported being assaulted because her sons were known supporters of the opposition United Movement for Democratic Change

References
  1. "Zimbabwe: Biti, Ncube's MDCs Unite". allAfrica.com.
  2. http://thezimbabwemail.com/umdc-will-tsvangirai-be-persuaded-to-join/%5B%5D


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