Zimbabwe: Uneasy alliance – despite a plea by Jacob Zuma

By on March 17, 2010

After a disputed presidential election, Tsvangirai became the country’s prime minister and Mugabe kept his seat as president. They formed unity government in 2009; but the situation has since deteriorated. Problems are still plaguing the forced marriage between Mugabe and Tsvangirai. The Movement for Democratic Change has accused Mugabe of failing to fully implement the deal.
Members of both parties were supposed to share ministerial positions. They are grabbing power” said MDC spokesman. Mugabe’s party continues to do things with impunity. We need the guarantors of the agreement SADC (the Southern African Development Community) to help us to end this unilateralism.

South African President Jacob Zuma is traveling to Zimbabwe to try to save the country’s beleaguered unity government. According to South African officials, Mr Zuma is in Harare to “facilitate the removal of obstacles which hinder the full implementation of a power-sharing deal”. He will probably discuss the Western sanctions against Mugabe and other members of his party, knowing that recently U.S. President Barack Obama extended his country’s sanctions, and British Prime Minister refused to ease his government’s sanctions policy against Mugabe.

 

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