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...concluded a power-sharing agreement late Thursday night, raising hopes that the country may be moving to end its long political nightmare. "We have a deal," opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Tsvangirai told reporters as he emerged from a meeting with Mugabe and South Africa's President, Thabo Mbeki, who has been mediating the talks. The news was certainly unexpected: Even late Thursday afternoon, Mugabe had been quoted as saying the two sides were far from agreeing on how to share power. They had been talking since a controversial June 27 runoff election in which Mugabe ran unopposed...
...between the two sides in Harare, Tuesday, Tsvangirai said there had been a "positive development," indicating that a settlement might be in the works. The talks had earlier appeared to be on the brink of collapse, as both sides balked at a proposal by the South African mediator, President Thabo Mbeki, for an equal power sharing arrangement. For villages like Mutiusinazitsa, relief from hunger may depend heavily on the troubled talks in Harare reaching a positive conclusion...
...Journalism still alive? If so, is it any better than in the pioneering '60s, or has it just become old journalism? Thabo Jijana...
...national unity government aimed at fostering reconciliation. After the March 29 poll, Mugabe's security services and loyalist militia began a crackdown on the opposition which, according to Human Rights Watch, has killed 166 opposition members and injured thousands. The proposed power-sharing deal, mediated by South African President Thabo Mbeki, would be similar to the one agreed on between Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga earlier this year after that country's disputed election sparked weeks of violence that left some 1,500 people dead...
...supporters staged a noisy rally in front of a giant TV screen outside the court in Pietermaritzburg. The hearing is expected to last two days, but the case itself will most likely drag on well beyond next April's elections - in which Zuma, having trounced current president Thabo Mbeki in a head-to-head race for leadership of the ruling African National Congress, looks primed to be elected president. (The ANC faces no serious challenge to its electoral majority...