In Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe Government of National Unity agreement is under threat of collapse as the parties are not agreeing on how to share some important cabinet posts.

The Zimbabwean deal signed last week appeared to be in jeaorpady as parties failed to agree on the allocation of the 31 ministries agreed in the power sharing deal.

Zimbabwe's main political parties signed a historic pact to share power on Monday 15 September 2008.

Zimbabwe's rival political parties have finally agreed on a power sharind deal. President Thabo Mbeki, chief mediator, announced the deal breakthrough

Talks resumed and broke off without a deal. The African Union has called for equal sharing of power between the MDC and ZANU PF, but ZANU PF has dismissed any suggestions for a fifty fifty power sharing agreement.

The first opposition Speaker of the House of Assembly was elected in Zimbabwe yesterday.

The Zimbabwe crisis was high on the agenda at the SADC summit this weekend. It was envisaged that a deal between the major political parties would be reached before the summit ends but that did not happen.

Zimbabwe power sharing talks mediated by South African president Thabo Mbeki have yielded no deal yet.

While humanitarian access is still blocked and violence against opposition members continue, a power sharing deal between ZANU PF and MDC is reported to be imminent

The talks between Zimbabwe's political parties resume in South Africa on the day they are scheduled to be finalised.