Mugabe signs deal with breakaway opposition faction (but not with main rival Tsvangirai)

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

HARARE, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe signed a power-sharing deal with a breakaway opposition leader on Tuesday after failing to agree with main rival Morgan Tsvangirai, a senior ruling party official said.

But a deal with only Arthur Mutambara's faction, effectively sidelining Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Tsvangirai, could make it even harder to ease Zimbabwe's political and economic crisis and to end Western sanctions.

Mugabe, in power since 1980, will form a national unity government, and convene parliament next week, the senior ZANU-PF official told Reuters.

Mutambara's 10 seats will give the coalition the majority in parliament that ZANU-PF lost in March elections for the first time since independence, but it is unlikely to heal the deep rift in the southern African country.

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[sofa king]

1. Tsvangirai, Tbilisi, Tshinkvali....

That's it. I'm declaring war on the letter T when it's unsupported by a vowel.

Who's with me?

[HiddenCSLib]

2. I hope it is true

but then again I hope that Mugabe is taken out to allow that once beautiful country to rebuild itself. Another example of a Socialist Dictator destroying the country that is in his iron grip. I have never seen a personally seen ANY Socialist/Communist country do anything but seem to kill off the people that live there. If there is one successful country that follows that proven failed philosophy, please name it.

Mugabe has destroyed his country and is a PURE and TOTAL dictator now. He loves the power and his money and does not give a shit about anyone that does not bow to his feet. As I have come to believe, Zimbabwe is an example of what happens when a country developed by a European country reverts to tribal rule. But with Zimbabwe it is worse, they have been nationalized and become and socialist country.

I will put this forward right now, I am not a racist but I do believe that anyone can be one, black or white.

Again I will ask for someone/anyone to provide an example of a Socialist/Communist/Maoist/any type of country that has actually succeeded and is still around and surviving.

There is something to be said about hard working people and capitalism.