Zimbabwe: United States Withdraws Support for Power-Sharing Pact

The United States no longer supports the September 15 power-sharing agreement between Zimbabwe's government, led by Robert Mugabe, and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party, the State Department's top envoy to Africa said, adding that Mugabe is incapable of sharing power.

Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer spoke in South Africa December 21 after consulting with regional leaders about Zimbabwe's continued economic and political chaos and the country's cholera epidemic, which has now claimed more than 1,120 lives.

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