Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai ventures back onto Twitter, gets mobbed

Morgan Tsvangirai

Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, made a surprise reappearance on Twitter on Monday and was immediately mobbed by supporters and critics.

Tsvangirai, 63, hadn't tweeted since March 2014.  

The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader described the elections as "stolen" and a "farce" on Twitter in August 2013. After a handful of tweets he disappeared from the popular social media platform.

But perhaps taking advantage of the turmoil currently wracking Mugabe's Zanu-PF party, @mrtsvangirai announced on Monday, "I am here now."

Explaining his move, he tweeted, "With social media taking over... one has to evolve or die."