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Luanda - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Friday his party's boycott of government does not terminate a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe. "Let me clarify, we have not withdrawn from government, we are still in government," Tsvangirai, head of the MDC party, told journalists after meeting with Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. The latest crisis to hit Zimbabwe's unity government was sparked by the arrest and trial of top MDC official, Roy Bennett, who faces treason charges, and by Mugabe's failure to appoint senior government officials, including a central bank governor. As a consequence, Tsvangirai last week said the MDC would disengage from the unity cabinet set up in February. Tsvangirai arrived in Luanda to seek advice from dos Santos in dealing with Mugabe and Zanu-PF, which he... [read full story]
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