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Mugabe & Tsvangirai sign power-sharing agreement |
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Monday, 15 September 2008 |
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has signed a power-sharing deal today with the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
The deal which was mediated by the South African leader Thabo Mbeki, retained Mugabe's position as President while it appointed Tsvangirai as a Prime Minister.
Under the deal brokered by South African President Thabo Mbeki, Tsvangirai would become prime minister and chair a council of ministers that supervised the cabinet.
Mugabe's ZANU-PF would have 15 cabinet seats, Tsvangirai MDC 13 and a splinter MDC faction three seats.
Mugabe, 84, has ruled Zimbabwe with an iron hand since its independence from Britain in 1980 and will remain president.
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