SADC Summit Ends with No Deal in Place for Zimbabwe

While the talks at the Southern African Development Community summit the past two days were dominated by the subject of Zimbabwe the end result has done little to improve the current situation in the troubled country.

The leaders of the 14-member SADC met in Johannesburg for talks on Saturday and Sunday with the main issue being a power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe. That issue continues to stall as Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have failed to reach a compromise.

Despite the stalled talks South African President Thabo Mbeki has said progress has been made and they would push forward until a solution was reached.

According to some reports Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change party, has agreed to assume the role of prime minister while allowing Mugabe to keep his presidency but the exact nature of the balance of power remains a sticking point.

Tsvangirai won Zimbabwe’s first round of presidential elections in March yet officials declared he did not secure a large enough majority to avoid a run-off. Following the election Tsvangirai accused Mugabe of using violence to intimidate MDC supporters and with less than a week before the June vote the MDC leader dropped out of the race.

Mugabe has widely criticized by the international community and has been targeted by sanctions from European countries as well as other African nations. He has refused to back down from his post as president and vowed to fight to the end before letting the country go.

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