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Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, seen here on October 9, has threatened to pull out of a power-sharing deal if President Robert Mugabe allocated key ministries to his ZANU-PF party.

Zimbabwe power-sharing deal on the rocks

AFP - Monday, October 13

HARARE (AFP) - - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai threatened Sunday to pull out of a power-sharing deal with Robert Mugabe after the president handed key ministries to his own party. More »

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  • Zimbabwe opposition leader threatens to quit gov't

    AP - Monday, October 13

    HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's opposition leader threatened Sunday to pull out of a national unity government if President Robert Mugabe refuses to cede control of key ministries. More »

  • Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, seen here on October 9, has threatened to pull out of a power-sharing deal if President Robert Mugabe allocated key ministries to his ZANU-PF party.

    Tsvangirai threatens to pull out of Zimbabwe power-sharing deal

    AFP - Monday, October 13

    HARARE (AFP) - - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai threatened Sunday to pull out of a power-sharing deal if President Robert Mugabe pushed ahead with his decision to allocate key ministries to his party. More »

  • Zimbabwe's president claims key ministries

    AP - Sunday, October 12

    HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, locked in a standoff with the opposition in power-sharing talks, went ahead Saturday and laid claim to all key ministries as he tries to retain his iron grip on the struggling southern African nation. More »

  • Global troubleshooter Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize

    AFP - Saturday, October 11

    OSLO (AFP) - - The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, who has spent 30 years helping end conflicts in troublespots ranging from Kosovo to Namibia and Indonesia. More »

  • 2nd ship seized as pirates threaten to blow up 1st

    AP - Sunday, October 12

    MOGADISHU, Somalia - Armed pirates hijacked a massive tanker as world powers on Saturday headed toward the Somali coast to end a two-week standoff aboard a ship laden with tanks and weapons, officials said. More »

  • 2 expats appeal for release in Somalia

    AP - Saturday, October 11

    MOGADISHU, Somalia - Two foreign aid workers appealed for their freedom Friday in the Somali capital, surrounded by armed kidnappers who seized them last month in a restive region of Ethiopia, local media reported. More »

  • Migrants missing, feared drowned in Gulf of Aden

    AP - Saturday, October 11

    SAN'A, Yemen - About 100 migrants from Somalia are missing and feared drowned in the treacherous waters off the coast of Yemen after smugglers forced them overboard, Yemeni officials and the UN refugee agency said on Friday. More »

  • WHO probing deaths from mystery disease in SAfrica

    AP - Saturday, October 11

    GENEVA - The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg. More »

  • File photo shows South Sudanese army personell keeping vigil. The Sudanese army said Friday that 15 people were killed when Darfur rebels attacked a local government convoy with military escort in the far west of the conflict-strewn region.

    Army says 15 killed in Darfur rebel ambush

    AFP - Friday, October 10

    KHARTOUM (AFP) - - The Sudanese army said Friday that 15 people were killed when Darfur rebels attacked a local government convoy with military escort in the far west of the conflict-strewn region. More »