Zimbabwe

Security Council calls for quick formation of unity government

New York - The UN Security Council on Friday called for the quick formation of a unity government in Zimbabwe as negotiations in Harare remained deadlocked.

Norway approves humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe

ZimbabweOslo - Norway on Friday approved emergency funds to Zimbabwe totalling 40 million kroner (6.8 million dollars), Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store said.

"While we are monitoring the political events in Zimbabwe, we should not forget the acute needs of the hard suffering people," Store said in a statement.

The Norwegian funds were to be channelled via the United Nations and humanitarian agencies, the foreign minister said.

Mugabe's party stalls talks on handover of cabinet posts to MDC

Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was due to hold more talks with his party Wednesday on the handover of cabinet posts to prime minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai's party, as called for in Monday's historic power-sharing deal.

Instead of meeting Tsvangirai as scheduled to finalize the distribution of posts Mugabe met Tuesday with the politburo of his party, amid reports of some hardliners with his Zanu-PF refusing to hand over key ministries to Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change.

The end of an era: Mugabe gives up a share of power

The end of an era: Mugabe gives up a share of powerHarare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's 28-year monopoly on power came to an end Monday when he signed an historic agreement to share power with his decade-long rival, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai.

The deal on a unity government, which comes after eight weeks of tripartite negotiations brokered by South African President Thabo Mbeki, ends Mugabe's 28-year monopoly on power.

Power at last for Zimbabwean popular hero Tsvangirai

Harare - After a decade as the face of the opposition in Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai received his just deserts Monday when he was named prime minister in a government of national unity alongside Robert Mugabe as president.

The stocky Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, who, a year and a half ago was nursing a fractured skull following a beating in police custody, shook hands with Mugabe on a deal to share power aimed at ending Zimbabwe's decade-long political and economic woes.

Few would ever have imagined the day when ex-guerrilla fighter Mugabe, 84 and ex-trade union leader Tsvangirai, 56, would agree to work together to shore up the world's fastest-shrinking economy.

The end of an era: Mugabe agrees to share power

The end of an era: Mugabe agrees to share power Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai and the leader of an MDC splinter faction, Arthur Mutambara, on Monday formally signed an historic agreement to share power in a unity government.

The deal, which comes after eight weeks of negotiations brokered by South African President Thabo Mbeki, ends Mugabe's 28-year monopoly on power.

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