Zimbabwe agrees to Annan brokering a peace deal 

Zimbabwe agrees to Annan brokering a peace deal

The Zimbabwean government and the Movement of Democratic Change (MDC), the main opposition, seem to agree on Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary-general, as a peace broker and an answer to Zimbabwe's melting economy. This is just hours after President Thabo Mbeki told a London newspaper, the Financial Times that Annan carried all the hopes of resolving Zimbabwe's problems.

These problems include a runaway inflation of over 1000%, a crippling shortage of forex and lack of economic confidence. Speculation is that part of Annan's mission will be to negotiate an exit plan for Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president, was torn to pieces today by Bright Matonga, the deputy minister of information, who said Mugabe's exit plan lies in Zimbabwe's electoral process. Matonga says: "He is welcome but he has to be his own man. But we have confidence in him."

Efforts to diffuse political tensions and prevent an economic meltdown have yielded little by President Mbeki and Olusegun Obassanjo, his Nigerian counterpart. No dates have been given as yet for Annan's visit, but it's certain to take place before the end of the year.
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