Zimbabwes Opposition Leader Sworn In
02.11.09 |
Zimbabwe has a new prime minister. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in today as part of a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe. Mugabe administered the oath of office at a ceremony in the capital city of Harare.
Last year, the 56-year-old Tsvangirai won a first round presidential poll against Mugabe. However, electoral violence prompted him to boycott a subsequent runoff. Zimbabweans hope the new power sharing agreement will bring the African nation back from the brink of a possible political meltdown.
Zimbabwe has been hit particularly hard in the global economic crisis, suffering hyperinflation, food shortages and an unemployment rate above 90 percent. A cholera epidemic has killed over three-thousand people in about six months.
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