Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has begun talks in Harare aimed at saving an agreement to create a power-sharing government.
Mbeki mediated the negotiations that led to the deal between President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party and the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change. But MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has threatened to pull out EU observers to monitor ceasefire ...
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Zimbabwe stops Tsvangirai from attending summit ... of the agreement after Mugabe announced that his party would control all of the key ministries. Following this year's elections, the MDC has a majority in parliament, but Mugabe won the presidential run-off vote after Tsvangirai pulled out due to a campaign of violence against his supporters. Under the power-sharing deal, Tsvangirai was to be given the newly created post of prime minister.
(Deutsche Welle)
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