Zimbabwe party's call to break impasse (AAP)

Zimbabwe's opposition renewed a call on Monday for regional mediators to help break an impasse over a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe's ruling party, after weekend talks ended in deadlock. The state-run Herald newspaper had reported that new talks would be held on Monday on how to allocate contentious cabinet posts under the deal, which would keep Mugabe as president while naming opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as prime minister. But the spokesman for Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said no talks were scheduled for Monday, and again called for regional mediators to step in to break the impasse with Mugabe's ZANU-PF. The failure to reach an accord on the cabinet has delayed the formation of a unity government since a historic power-sharing deal was signed in Harare on September 15. "There... [read full story]