Harare - A month after the signing of a power-sharing accord in this troubled southern African country, talks collapsed late Friday over formation of a coalition government.

Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), described the situation as a dead end.

MDC delivered the first election defeat ever to President Robert Mugabe's ZANU (PF) party, which lost majority in the Parliament in March elections. (dpa)