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...verge of collapse. A cholera epidemic has swept through Zimbabwe, crippling its resources. This week, water was shut off from the capital city. In addition to creating a lack of supplies, the disease outbreak has incited violence in the streets. Last week, the government arrested several prominent Zimbabwean human rights activists after they helped carry out protests against Zimbabwe’s worsening economic and health crises. The death toll is edging toward a thousand people, and tens of thousands more have fallen ill. Zimbabwe has declared the events a national emergency. Fortunately, the Zimbabwean government has been open...
...support to stay in power creates a dilemma for the opposition, which risks diluting its own popular legitimacy by joining a government over whose decisions it would have limited influence. "[The MDC has] the choice between the devil and the dark sea," says Elinor Sisulu, a Zimbabwean analyst and human rights activist. "Already people are saying that Zimbabwe is in this mess because these politicians are bickering over a Cabinet post...
...Zimbabwe faces a critical moment in a history riddled with political problems. Since Zimbabwean independence in 1980, President Mugabe has led a nation gripped by economic recession and hyperinflation; according to the Kenya Standard, inflation rates now reach up to 20 million percent. Mugabe, as the chief decision-maker in Zimbabwe, has attempted reforms whose failed results he has blamed on indeterminable interference by Western states, such as Zimbabwe’s one-time colonizer, Great Britain. Amidst all this economic trouble, Zimbabwe continues to enforce strict restrictions on distribution of aid across the country. Any improvements for life...
...quite pessimistic," Friedman said. And as long as reconciliation remains elusive at the top the followers of Zanu-PF and the MDC are unlikely to embrace one another. "It would be naive to think that the deep-seated rivalry between the two parties will suddenly disappear," Zimbabwean political analyst Eldred Masunungure told TIME. "The MDC supporters think they have finally won over ZANU-PF, which is wrong...
...opposition if Tsvangirai rejected his terms. Shortly before the deal was announced, one source close to the talks had said that Mbeki was on the verge of quitting his mediation role on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in frustration. "President Mbeki was fuming, threatening the Zimbabwean leaders that SADC will not be responsible if there is bloodshed in their country if they fail to reach an agreement," said the source. "He was literally angry at the two leaders." That may have done the trick, since the support of Zimbabwe's neighbors is crucial to both...