Zimbabwe's designated prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, has called for a new power-sharing government to be formed within days, to avert a humanitarian Zimabwe reaches deal on unity govt.
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Zimbabwe rival parties hold talks ... disaster. Tsangirai said farming and industry were at a standstill, and that a government was urgently needed to tackle the economic crisis. Tsvangirai has signed a power-sharing agreement with President Robert Mugabe, however their rival factions have been unable to agree on designating cabinet positions in a unity government. Zimbabwe's central bank has given nearly 600 shops permission to sell goods in foreign currency, in a bid to cope with the Zimbawean dollar's record rate of inflation.
(Deutsche Welle)
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