The Zimbabwean government ’s continued refusal to give Morgan Tsvangirai a passport has forced the Botswana government to mull plans to give the MDC leader a diplomatic passport,Metro can reveal.

An official in the department of Immigration and Citizenship revealed that they have received instructions to look into the issue of how they can give Mr.Tsvangirai a diplomatic passport.

Before the ink was dry,MDC Secretary General Welshman Ncube was forced to deny that his faction had signed a power-sharing deal on Tuesday with President Robert Mugabe after seven MPs from the faction threatened to cross parties.

“No deal has been signed by anyone. Dialogue is still continuing.”,said Ncube as the state newspaper The Herald reported Wednesday that indeed a deal was signed.