'Go hang', Mugabe aide tells West

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A spokesman for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has rejected Western criticism of the country's disputed presidential run-off election, reports BBC.

At an African Union summit in Egypt, George Charamba said the West had no basis to speak about the situation - and can "go hang a thousand times".

Amid suggestions of a Kenya-style deal with the opposition, he said only a "Zimbabwean way" could end the crisis.

President Robert Mugabe said he had won the vote, boycotted by the opposition.

The run-off was widely criticised by Western leaders as not being free or fair.

Earlier, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai left the Dutch embassy in Harare, where he had taken refuge after pulling out of Friday's vote because of election violence.

He had decided the situation was calm enough to return home, the Dutch foreign ministry official said.

Mr Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) says he won the presidential election outright in March, but government officials said he did not secure enough votes to avoid a run-off.

Asked whether Zimbabwe should follow Kenya and create a government of national unity, Mr Charamba said: "Kenya is Kenya. Zimbabwe is Zimbabwe."