African Current Event 1

I am doing the news story of how Zimbabwe's two governmental parties have refused to work together on the disputed home affairs ministry.

In a meeting of governments of southern Africa a summit of southern African leaders told Zimbabwe's two governmental parties to share the disputed home affairs ministry. Mr. Morgan Tsvangiria rejected this plan strongly and said that there is no sharing, swapping, or rotation of ministries. He said that the situation was the government party that had won an election was being kind enough to let the losing party to even be part of thew government. He also said that himself and his party are still willing to "power share" control with the opposition. The South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, who also chaired at the summit agreed that "power sharing" was the only way to go. Many people are getting anxious about the political dead lock and Mr. Tsvangiria says that if it keeps up that possibly a million Zimbabweans could die.

This article is realated to Zimbabwe because it talks all about the plitical lock down of the country, what the problems are, and what the consequences could be. It also talks about what the two political parties have been doing to try to get a more effecinat government. Many other countries are trying to help Zimbabwe in any way they can, they are also trying to creat ways that the plans of the two governments could work together.

Link to artical:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7718989.stm