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Zimbabwe: A Power-Sharing Deal With No Real Sharing of Power

Jan 30, 2009 | 18:11 GMT

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Summary

Zimbabwean opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai agreed Jan. 30 to join a unity government with President Robert Mugabe and the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party. The move does not mean that actual power is being transferred from ZANU-PF to the MDC, however.

Zimbabwe's main opposition party has accepted a deal to join a unity government with the ruling party -- but the opposition's newfound power will be carefully limited....

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