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Harare, Zimbabwe

Power-sharing crisis: The power-sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, begun in February 2009, appeared close to a breaking point this week. Opposition leader Tsvangirai won more votes than Mugabe in the 2008 election but withdrew from the runoff after 200 of his supporters were murdered and thousands more beaten up. Tsvangirai voiced “disgust” last weekend that Mugabe had appointed ambassadors, judges, and provincial governors without consulting him, as required by the power-sharing arrangement, brokered by South Africa. He also accused Mugabe of a racist vendetta against Roy Bennett, Tsvangirai’s choice for deputy agriculture minister. Bennett, who is white, was acquitted earlier this year of plotting to oust Mugabe, and the president has refused to swear him in as a minister.

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