Zimbabwe’s MDC renewed a call on Monday for regional mediators to help break an impasse over a fragile power-sharing deal.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will meet opposition leaders later on Saturday to iron out differences over the makeup of a unity government.
As the two leaders fought internal battles Zimbabweans received mixed messages about whether a new government is still a possibility.
Zimbabwe’s logjam in forming a unity government could pull recently ousted South African president Thabo Mbeki back into the spotlight.
Zimbabwe’s power-sharing agreement appeared near to collapse on Tuesday after Robert Mugabe demanded the right to appoint all Cabinet ministers
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/ 30 September 2008
Zimbabwe’s MDC has denied a suggestion by President Robert Mugabe that a unity government deal is imminent, saying talks are still deadlocked.
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/ 27 September 2008
Zimbabwe’s MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, said on Saturday it was "urgent" the country form a new government to ensure food supplies.
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/ 21 September 2008
A hard look at Zim’s settlement agreement shows that Morgan Tsvangirai succeeded in winning none of the demands he initially insisted on.
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/ 20 September 2008
The mother of three, who gives her name as Beatrice, still doesn’t know who raped her. They were three men with beer on their breath.
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/ 19 September 2008
Negotiators for Zimbabwe’s political leaders failed on Friday to agree which parties should get key ministries in a new unity government.
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/ 18 September 2008
Zimbabwe’s leaders failed on Thursday to agree on who will get which key ministries in a new unity government.
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/ 15 September 2008
Zimbabwe’s new government will have six executive posts headed by President Robert Mugabe and prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
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/ 15 September 2008
Zimbabwe’s rival political parties signed a landmark power-sharing deal on Monday which will see President Robert Mugabe ceding some of his powers.
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/ 15 September 2008
About ,8bn in aid to revive Zimbabwe’s economy hangs in the balance as donors watch to see how a deal works in practice.
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/ 14 September 2008
The power-sharing deal Robert Mugabe is expected to sign on Monday with his arch-rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, will protect him from prosecution.
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/ 11 September 2008
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu-PF agreed a power-sharing deal with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change on Thursday.
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/ 10 September 2008
Zimbabwe political rivals meeting in Harare could sign a power-sharing deal on Wednesday, veteran President Robert Mugabe said late on Tuesday.
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/ 9 September 2008
Zimbabwe’s military leaders, through the Joint Operations Command, persuaded Mugabe to stay on to save their own interest.
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/ 8 September 2008
South African President Thabo Mbeki will meet Zimbabwe’s rival parties in Harare on Monday in a new attempt to secure a power-sharing deal
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/ 8 September 2008
To date Zanu-PF and the MDC have failed to come up with any agreement for ”power-sharing”. Power-sharing to achieve what?
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/ 7 September 2008
Some of President Robert Mugabe’s senior aides have had secret negotiations with SA mediators in an effort to secure prosection amnesties.
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/ 5 September 2008
Zimbabwe’s main opposition faction is prepared to sign a power-sharing deal provided that it is given the powerful Ministry of Home Affairs.
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/ 5 September 2008
Mugabe this week gave Morgan Tsvangirai until Thursday to sign the proposed power-sharing agreement.
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/ 4 September 2008
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has lost faith in power-sharing talks with President Robert Mugabe and will leave him to form a government alone.
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/ 3 September 2008
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said power-sharing negotiations have broken down and are unlikely to resume soon.
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe has been pegged back in a week of setbacks, but is preparing to reverse his opponents’ gains in Parliament.
Zimbabwe’s new Parliament got off to a stormy start on Tuesday as the opposition flexed its new-found political muscle by heckling Robert Mugabe.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was heckled and jeered by the opposition on Tuesday as he delivered his speech at the opening of Parliament.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe had no right to address Parliament until power-sharing talks with the opposition have been completed.
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party on Monday won the vote for Parliament speaker, dealing a blow to President Robert Mugabe.
Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC warned on Monday that President Robert Mugabe’s appointment of parliamentarians were a threat to power-sharing talks.
Zimbabwe faces an uncertain political future, but its economic crisis is only likely to get worse while talks remain deadlocked.