Today (Sunday September 14) a yahoo news article was released about Mugabe and Tsvangirai's deal to share power. Mugabe will retain military power and keep ruling Zimbabwe. He has been ruling since 1980 when Zimbabwe got it's independence from Britain. Tsvangirai will now control the Zimbabwe police and will also become prime minister. Zimbabweans now have new hope for solving the economy crash. Inflation has increased to over 11 million percent leaving Zimbabwe far behind in economic development. To avoid this, millions of residents have fled to other countries in the South African region.
The article mentions the support of western countries in this paragraph, "Analysts say the power-sharing deal is fragile and will require former enemies to put aside their differences and work closely to overcome skepticism, especially from Western powers whose financial support will be vital for recovery."(http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080914/wl_nm/zimbabwe_crisis_dc_1) I found that this was an interesting thing to mention because it does not seem like the U.S. is trying very hard to help anyway.
If you want to read the article the URL is
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080914/wl_nm/zimbabwe_crisis_dc_1
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