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Countries at the Crossroads 2012: ZimbabweGlobal Political Agreement • September 24th, 2012
Since 2009, Zimbabwe has experienced a period of relative calm, which may prove to be but a brief respite for the country. In 2008, disputed elections deepened political unrest in the country. In September 2008, a power-sharing deal, known as the Global Political Agreement (GPA), was signed between rivals President Robert Mugabe, leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF) party, and Morgan Tsvangirai, head of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party. The agreement allocated power in the government between the two parties, increased the power of the political opposition, and ushered in an uneasy truce. Mugabe, who has been in power since 1980, retained his grip on the executive but lost power in the parliament to the MDC. International pressure, a deadlock between parties, and a free-falling economy pushed the two parties into an agreement. Maintaining this agreement has required constant negotiations on a host of issues, ushering in some relative posi
