Crisis Hits New Zimbabwean Government

Mugabe has incoming minister charged with treason

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 14, 2009 3:50 PM CST

(Newser) – Just 3 days old, Zimbabwe’s unity government is already in crisis, the Times of London reports. Robert Mugabe’s agents arrested a top deputy to new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and charged him with treason, unleashing fierce protests and more Western skepticism about the... Read full story »

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