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US Aims to Help Zimbabwe, Not Mugabe

Matt Cantor — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:12:01 CDT

With Zimbabwe’s prime minister visiting President Obama today, the key question is how the West can help Morgan Tsvangirai without boosting Robert Mugabe. Under the government's power-sharing agreement, the president retains control of the police, justice system, spy service, and media, writes Celia Dugger in the New York Times . “The...

Zimbabwe Unity Government Divided Over 2 Key Posts

Clay Dillow — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:54:19 CDT

The appointment of two key officials has become a sticking point in the tenuous power-sharing agreement between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Reuters reports. The rivals can’t agree on an attorney general or central bank chief, and Tsvangirai has called upon the Southern African Development Community...

Tsvangirai Heads Home for Wife's Funeral

Ambreen Ali — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:28:11 CDT

Grieving Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is expected back in Zimbabwe today to attend his wife's funeral, days after the couple's car was hit by a US aid truck. Tsvangirai had left for Botswana—home of his closest regional ally—shortly after the accident that some believe may have been an...

Netanyahu to Form Israeli Government

Matt Cantor — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:08:01 CST

Right-of-center Benjamin Netanyahu has been asked to form Israel’s new government, despite President Shimon Peres’s initial hopes that Netanyahu would share power with centrist Tzipi Livni, who was the top vote-getter in the election last week. Livni said she would prefer to head the opposition, the BBC reports. A coalition...

Tsvangirai Sworn In as Zimbabwe PM

Jason Farago — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:57:47 CST

Morgan Tsvangirai, whose Movement for Democratic Change has fought Robert Mugabe for years, joined forces with his rival today as the new prime minister of Zimbabwe, reports the Times of London. Tsvangirai's decision to bring his party into the government has dismayed many pro-democracy leaders, and international leaders have grown...

Africa Must Oust Mugabe: Kenyan PM

Nick McMaster — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:22:01 CST

Zimbabwe’s unity government is a sham, and the only way to break the deadlock is to force President Robert Mugabe to resign, Kenya’s prime minister said today. “Power-sharing will not work with a dictator who does not really believe in power-sharing,” Raila Odinga told the BBC. “It’s time for African...

Freed Tsvangirai Arrives in South Africa

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:37:01 CDT

Morgan Tsvangirai has arrived in South Africa today on the eve of a weekend summit with regional leaders expected to focus on Zimbabwe's political crisis, reports the AP. The leader of the Movement for Democratic Change will meet with Thabo Mbeki, the South African president who is mediating power-sharing talks...

Gates Departure Should Calm the Waters

Nick McMaster — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:24:53 CDT

Bill Gates’ departure from full-time employment at Microsoft on June 27 will end 8 contentious years in which Gates has attempted to stay onboard while nominally beneath his close friend and new CEO, Steve Ballmer. Though they built the company together, this “ambassadorial succession” produced mixed results, with Gates undermining...

Honeymoon Can't Last for Russia's Power Couple

Kevin Spak — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:01:22 CDT

It may look like Vladimir Putin has kept Russia stable by sliding into the PM's chair; optimists even predict he'll share power politely with President Medvedev. But these lovebirds are actually destined to fight, writes Ivan Krastev in the Wall Street Journal: Eventually Medvedev will want to exercise power, and...