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2009.
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| Summary/Abstract |
Five months after the signing of a power-sharing agreement in Zimbabwe, a combination of international pressure and economic deterioration has facilitated its implementation. With the ruling Zimbabwe African Nation Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) agreeing to enter a coalition government with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), a political compromise appears to have been reached, albeit a fragile one.
However, optimism over Zimbabwe's future stability needs to be tempered by a sober assessment of the agreement and the various actors in the deal. While both ZANU-PF and the MDC appear committed to the agreement in the short term, factionalism with ZANU-PF and the MDC, along with military discontent with the deal, could undermine its full implementation.
Image: President Robert Mugabe, centre, watched by Arthur Mutambara, left, shakes hands with Morgan Tsvangirai, the new prime minister of Zimbabwe, at the signing of the power-sharing deal ceremony in Harare on 15 September 2008.
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