Malawi president meet Mugabe

  1. Posted on Friday 5 December 2008 - 10:30
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    Sam Banda Junior, AfricaNews reporter in Blantyre, Malawi
    Malawi's president Mutharika is reported to have met Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe to discuss the progress of the power sharing deal. He is said to have taken time off from the finance for development heads of state summit in Doha, Qatar to discuss with Mugabe who gave him an update of the deal.
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    The power sharing deal between Mugabe and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Tsvangirai has failed to materialise with the two failing to agree on cabinet positions.

    The power sharing deal which was brokered by former South African president Thabo Mbeki has dragged on with several meetings held for the two to agree but to no avail.

    The Malawi president was quoted by the country’s local daily, the Daily Times; Tuesday as saying he met Mugabe to touch base on developments taking place in troubled Zimbabwe.

    “The two leaders agreed that there was need to find lasting solutions to the problems facing Zimbabwe and to facilitate resumption of industrial and agricultural production to resuscitate the economy,” said the statement.

    According to the report, the tug of war between Mugabe and Tsvangirai now centres on the Home Affairs Ministry, which the opposition wants to control, understandably because Zimbabwe police has brutalised the opposition for long.

    The Malawi president also discussed with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, who is chairman of African Union, on the issue of Zimbabwe, according to the statement.

    “Malawians may wish to know that the African Union delegated SADC to deal with the issue of Zimbabwe and the union will be expecting to receive a report of the situation in its forthcoming general assembly in January, 2009,” said the statement.

    Last month Britain called upon Mugabe and Tsvangirai to come to terms for the good of the country which was once the mighty nation of Africa.

    Media reports indicate that Zimbabwe’s latest annual inflation rate is at 231 million percent.

    Basic things have become scarce and expensive in the country forcing many to migrate to neighbouring countries like South Africa, Mozambique and Malawi.

    The country has also been hit hard by the outbreak of Cholera with latest reports saying over 500 people have now died.

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