Zimbabwe's Mugabe claims key ministries Today 7:44 AM EST

President Robert Mugabe has laid claim to all key Cabinet posts and Zimbabwe's powerful state security apparatus in a direct challenge to a power-sharing agreement that has deadlocked over allocation of ministries. Read more

Zimbabwe leaders call for Mbeki to break deadlock Oct 10, 2008 1:03PM

Zimbabwe's leaders have agreed that power-sharing talks have broken down over the allocation of Cabinet posts and called Friday for former South African President Thabo Mbeki to mediate an end to the deadlock. Read more

UN food program finds hunger in rural Zimbabwe Oct 09, 2008 2:46PM

Some rural Zimbabweans facing one of the hungriest years they could remember have been forced to live on a meal a day and in some cases only on wild fruits, the U.N. food aid agency said Thursday. Read more

Zimbabwe opposition: Power-sharing deadlocked Oct 09, 2008 7:25AM

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says power-sharing talks with longtime ruler Robert Mugabe are deadlocked over the division of Cabinet posts. Read more

Zimbabwe inflation hits 231 million percent Oct 09, 2008 5:42AM

Zimbabwe's state Herald newspaper quotes official statistics saying annual inflation in Zimbabwe has hit 231 million percent. Independent economists say the southern African nation's hyperinflation is running in the billions of percentage points. Read more

Unity talks at risk of collapse, says Mugabe party Oct 08, 2008 9:09AM

President Robert Mugabe's party says the opposition is putting Zimbabwe's troubled power-sharing talks at risk by speaking publicly about the negotiations. Read more

Britain: EU not ready to lift Zimbabwe sanctions Oct 06, 2008 12:32PM

Britain's foreign secretary says European Union sanctions against Zimbabwe will be maintained until a new power-sharing government is in place. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has yet to reach a deal with opposition rivals on forming a Cabinet. Read more

Zimbabwe factions, far apart, resume Cabinet talks Oct 05, 2008 6:56AM

Zimbabwe's political factions are back in talks but have yet to agree on a unity Cabinet. President Robert Mugabe and his main rivals signed a power-sharing agreement last month brokered by former South African President Thabo Mbeki. Since then, though, they have made no progress on deciding who wou... Read more

Mbeki to continue mediation efforts in Zimbabwe Oct 03, 2008 1:39PM

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki will continue efforts to mediate an end to the political crisis in Zimbabwe. Mbeki's spokesman Mukoni Ratshitanga said he had agreed to resume mediations after being approached by the Southern African Development Community. The bloc last year asked Mbeki to... Read more

Zimbabwe opposition: No deal on makeup of Cabinet Sep 30, 2008 3:44PM

Zimbabwe's opposition leader and President Robert Mugabe met Tuesday but failed to break a deadlock on dividing Cabinet posts to finalize a power-sharing agreement, leaving the country mired in its economic and political crisis. Read more
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