Harare/Johannesburg - After three days of talks on a power- sharing government between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai that ended in deadlock, mediating South African President Thabo Mbeki left Zimbabwe Wednesday.
As Mbeki left for Angola to report back on the talks to Angolan President Eduardo dos Santos, conflicting reports over whether Mugabe had gone over Tsvangirai's head and signed a deal with a breakaway faction of Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) continued to swirl.
London, Aug. 13 : Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe''s Zanu-PF party has claimed that it has inked a power-sharing deal with a dissident faction of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change [MDC] to create a new government in Zimbabwe.
According to The Daily Telegraph, the agreement with Arthur Mutambara is expected to sideline Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the main MDC bloc, who beat Mr Mugabe in the first round of the presidential election in March, taking just short of 50 per cent of the vote.
Harare/Johannesburg - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai were due to resume critical talks on a powersharing government on Monday after failing to sign off on a deal at marathon negotiations in Harare Sunday.
Around 14 hours of talks between the two leaders under the mediation of South African President Thabo Mbeki were adjourned in the early hours of Monday morning without an agreement.
Mugabe, 84, was the first to leave Rainbow Towers hotel, where the talks that are subject to a media blackout were taking place behind closed doors.
Johannesburg, Aug. 10 : Zimbabwe''s leading opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has threatened to walk away from unity talks with President Robert Mugabe if he does not get his share in the controversially proposed power-sharing agreement.
With South African President Thabo Mbeki playing the role of chief mediator, the talks are still said to be at the crossroads. While the Mugabe camp is optimistic about the final outcome of the negotiations, there is a view that Mugabe will not cede majority control. To Tsvangirai''s Movement for Democrat Change (MDC).
Harare - South African President Thabo Mbeki touched down in the Zimbabwean capital Harare Saturday evening for talks with the leaders of the country's political parties about their progress in negotiations on a unity government.
Mbeki was met at Harare international airport by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and a number of government ministers.
Mbeki, the Southern African Development Community's mediator in Zimbabwe's political crisis, is scheduled to hold talks with Mugabe, Movement for Democratic Change
Johannesburg, Aug. 7 : Zimbabwe''s President Robert Mugabe and the country’s main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai'', are reportedly meeting today to discuss the final aspects of a 50-page draft unity agreement that could end the existing politico-economic crisis.
Under the proposed pact, Mugabe''s Zanu-PF and Tsvangirai''s MDC party envisions the former becoming a ceremonial president and the latter as prime minister and head of government until new elections are held, reports The Telegraph.
Harare/Johannesburg - After three days of talks on a power- sharing government between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai that ended in deadlock, mediating South African President Thabo Mbeki left Zimbabwe Wednesday. 
London, Aug. 13 : Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe''s Zanu-PF party has claimed that it has inked a power-sharing deal with a dissident faction of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change [MDC] to create a new government in Zimbabwe.
Johannesburg, Aug. 10 : Zimbabwe''s leading opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has threatened to walk away from unity talks with President Robert Mugabe if he does not get his share in the controversially proposed power-sharing agreement.
Harare - South African President Thabo Mbeki touched down in the Zimbabwean capital Harare Saturday evening for talks with the leaders of the country's political parties about their progress in negotiations on a unity government.
