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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.
Zimbabwean talks would resume on Friday despite comment from President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party that there was no need for further negotiations.
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.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s war veteran allies accused opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday of stalling power-sharing talks.
Zanu-PF leader Mugabe and Tsvangirai are digging in their heels, insisting they will not move from their closing positions in last week’s talks.
Zimbabwe’s government plans to convene Parliament next week despite deadlock in talks to end a post-election political crisis.
The latest deadlock has highlighted the tensions in the MDC. Some senior members were keen for Tsvangirai to sign the deal already on the table.
Confusion reigned at the end of power-sharing talks for Zimbabwe amid reports of a deal between Robert Mugabe and a breakaway opposition leader.
Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai were locked in make-or-break talks on Sunday night over how power will be distributed in a coalition government.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe could sign a power-sharing deal on Sunday that names opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as prime minister.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will meet opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday to discuss the formation of a unity government.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will hold a make-or-break meeting in Harare on Sunday.
Cellphones have become the safest way to communicate in Zimbabwe. Stanley Kwenda downloads.
Zimbabwe’s power-sharing talks are making good progress but no meeting has been set between President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai.
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will run the country under a draft deal while President Robert Mugabe will become ceremonial president.
Zimbabwean opposition politicians have accused hardline backers of President Robert Mugabe of harassment and attacks against them.
Mugabe said that negotiation was a different game which required compromise, ”Unlike in card games in negotiation you must be ready for compromise”
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday he was ”fairly satisfied” with talks with President Robert Mugabe’s party.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party will not accept a power-sharing deal that fails to recognise his re-election.
Talks on resolving Zimbabwe’s political crisis began in earnest at a secret location in South Africa on Thursday.
Zimbabwe’s opposition and the ruling party of President Robert Mugabe will sign a deal on Monday laying down a framework for formal talks.
Millions are threatened with starvation after the failure of the harvest brought on by the government’s mishandling of land redistribution.
MDC spokesperson: ”He wants to create the impression that talks are going ahead before big meetings [such as those of the G8 and United Nations]”
United States President George Bush said on Tuesday the United States was looking at imposing more sanctions against Zimbabwe’s government.