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Tsvangirai vows to stay in government

Tsvangirai vows to stay in government

By MacDonald Dzirutwe CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Sunday he would stay in the government and challenge President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF to implement last year’s political deal in full. Tsvangirai said last week his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was suspending last month’s cabinet boycott, which it imposed in [...]

Zimbabwe faces new deadline for reforms

Zimbabwe faces new deadline for reforms

By Godfrey Marawanyika  HARARE — Zimbabwe averted a political meltdown Friday after Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai ended a boycott of the unity government, but faced a new deadline to resolve a slate of thorny disputes. A summit of southern African leaders ended late Thursday with Tsvangirai agreeing to end his three-week boycott of the government [...]

Tsvangirai calls off government boycott

Tsvangirai calls off government boycott

MAPUTO — Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday said he had called off a boycott of power-sharing ties with President Robert Mugabe that had paralysed the fragile unity government for three weeks. “We have suspended our disengagement in the government,” Tsvangirai told reporters after talks at an emergency regional summit to break the impasse [...]

Regional heads to tackle Zimbabwe crisis

Regional heads to tackle Zimbabwe crisis

By Nelson Banya HARARE, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Three southern African leaders will meet on Thursday to tackle a crisis threatening Zimbabwe’s unity government, a Zimbabwean official said on Monday. Swaziland’s King Mswati III, Mozambican President Armando Guebuza and Zambian President Rupiah Banda will hold talks in Mozambique, hoping to help narrow differences between Zimbabwe’s [...]

Mugabe takes sharp dig at Tsvangirai

Mugabe takes sharp dig at Tsvangirai

By Angus Shaw HARARE, Zimbabwe — President Robert Mugabe took a sharp dig at his estranged governing partner Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday, but said they were still allies in Zimbabwe’s troubled coalition. Speaking Saturday at the state funeral of a former guerrilla leader who fought for independence from Britain in 1980, Mugabe, speaking [...]

Mugabe trying to tear apart unity pact

Mugabe trying to tear apart unity pact

HARARE — Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change Wednesday accused President Robert Mugabe of trying to tear apart a unity pact by threatening to replace cabinet ministers chosen by the former opposition. “It is tantamount to tearing apart the unity government,” MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa told AFP. The state-run Herald reported Wednesday that Mugabe was pondering [...]

Mugabe & Tsvangirai 'poles apart'

Mugabe & Tsvangirai 'poles apart'

By Godfrey Marawanyika HARARE — President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai are “poles apart” on key unity government issues, a minister said Monday after Zimbabwe’s feuding leaders failed to break a 10-day deadlock. “The principals met. Sadly and tragically the stalemate continues,” cabinet minister and Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) spokesman Nelson [...]

Robert Mugabe vs. Zimbabwe

Robert Mugabe vs. Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, and his party have been trying to blow up the power-sharing arrangement ever since neighboring states put it together last year. They are now perilously close to succeeding. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai announced last week that he and his party, the Movement for Democratic Change, would boycott cabinet meetings to protest [...]