Robert Mugabe At The U.N. (Photo: AFP)Zimbabwe Unity Cabinet Talks Fail -- BBC News
Talks between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have failed to reach agreement on a unity cabinet.
The two signed a power-sharing deal nearly three weeks ago after disputed presidential elections in June.
It was agreed that Mr Mugabe - Zimbabwe's leader for three decades - would remain president while Mr Tsvangirai would become prime minister.
Both sides said they would meet early next week to resume negotiations.
A spokesman for Mr Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said the discussions had been "frank and realistic" but that negotiations remained deadlocked.
Mr Mugabe's spokesman, George Charamba, said differences remained over who should hold the finance and home affairs portfolios.
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My Comment: As long as Robert Mugabe and his henchmen are in power, Zimbabwe's suffering will continue. A once prosperous state is now a failed state, a testament to the problems that all of Africa now faces.
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