Morgan Tsvangirai Agrees to Join Unity Government in Zimbabwe

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change party has agreed to join a unity government in Zimbabwe, possibly ending a month’s long struggle to find a resolution to a failed power-sharing agreement with President Robert Mugabe of the ruling ZANU-PF party.

Tsvangirai will join the government next month when he is officially sworn in as Zimbabwe’s prime minister. That ceremony has been scheduled for February 11.

While the MDC has agreed to join the unity government the debate over what stalled the power-sharing agreement remains. Tsvangirai refused to join Mugabe after the President appointed ZANU-PF ministers to key cabinet positions, leaving the MDC with what has been viewed as lesser appointments.

The decision to join the unity government was brought on by several factors one of those being Southern African leaders who encouraged Tsvangirai to accept the deal and then work to fix the problems.

Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have created a power-sharing timeline that includes a constitutional amendment that would pass the deal on Feb. 5, the swearing in of Tsvangirai and other MDC deputies on Feb. 11 and the remaining ministers and deputies taking office on Feb. 13.

The decision to form the unity government was seen as vital to Zimbabwe as several countries have refused to provide aid to the country until the government is stabilized. Zimbabwe is currently facing a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 3,000 people, hyper-inflation that has left their currency all but worthless and health and sanitation sectors in shambles.

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