STORY: Zimbabwe's ambassador to Australia has asked for political asylum just days before her term ends saying she fears for her safety if she goes home, media reported on Saturday (December 29).<br/> <br />Jacqueline Zwambila, who is a member of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), was appointed to Australia to renew ties between the countries after a unity government was formed in Zimbabwe in 2009.<br/> <br />"I just cannot go back because I know something will happen to me," she told SBS Television from an unknown location.<br/> <br />MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai shared power with veteran leader Robert Mugabe in the unity government until a July 31 election which Mugabe won. The opposition rejected the vote as fraudulent but it was largely endorsed by African observers as free and credible.<br/> <br />"I fear for the safety, for my safety when I return to Zimbabwe and just the fact that I fear for my safety I'm not going to take the chance because there's so many precedents whic
