Opposition gets finance ministry in unity government

ZIMBABWEAN opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday appointed Tendai Biti to be finance minister in a unity government with President Robert Mugabe.

Opposition gets finance ministry in unity government

Biti, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party’s secretary general, will be charged with rebuilding Zimbabwe’s ruined economy and winning the confidence of western donors and investors.

Tsvangirai, who agreed to form a coalition with Mugabe last week, will be sworn in as prime minister today under a power-sharing deal designed to end Zimbabwe’s political crisis and revive an economy in a state of collapse.

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