Zimbabwe: 'There's an inherent suspicion of Mugabe. But he must understand that the future is not in the hands of Robert Mugabe' | World news | The Guardian

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/17/zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe's new prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, yesterday described Robert Mugabe as "giving up" and said that he would seek to govern by sidelining the beleaguered president whose own party is "moving on" without him.

But, in an interview with the Guardian, Tsvangirai acknowledged that a climate of suspicion and mistrust between his own Movement for Democratic Change and Mugabe's Zanu-PF party would test his political skills as prime minister at the head of a coalition government of former opponents - some of whom are responsible for overseeing a vicious campaign of violence against other members of the new administration.

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Created by damianrafferty on 17 September 2008

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It is difficult to see how this will work but it's no less welcome for that.

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