# Zimbabwe power sharing arrangement

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimbabwe-power-sharing-arrangement/500817>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 24, 2009, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimbabwe-power-sharing-arrangement/500817 "2009-06-24T09:07:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimbabwe-power-sharing-arrangement/500817/1 "2009-06-24T09:07:52Z")

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I haven’t heard anything about this in the news for a while, and I’ve tried Googling this, but can’t really come up with anything, so I’ll see if anybody here knows, what parts of the government is Tsvangirai in charge of? What did Mugabe give up control over?

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**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimbabwe-power-sharing-arrangement/500817/2 "2009-06-24T10:10:51Z")

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[Relevant Economist article](http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13788284) - little of significance seems to have changed, sadly.

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimbabwe-power-sharing-arrangement/500817/3 "2009-06-24T19:46:09Z")

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Wow, thanks.

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**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2009, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimbabwe-power-sharing-arrangement/500817/4 "2009-07-03T08:09:02Z")

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Now it looks like the MDC is seriously considering pulling out of the Government of National Unity - [Story here](http://www.zimdiaspora.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1482:mdc-threatens-to-pull-out-of-gnu&catid=38:travel-tips&Itemid=293) - although Morgan Tsvangirai is still saying that they’re planning to stay in ([Google cache of stor](http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:d8HP4ulNar8J:www.thezimbabwetimes.com/%3Fp%3D19101+mdc+pull+out+of+government&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=za)y).

Grim