Morgan Tsvangirai

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe faces a serious challenge in elections. He’s promised that if he loses he will hand power over to Morgan Tsvangirai. Anchor Carol Hills gets the latest from Ed Cropley, Reuters Southern Africa Bureau Chief.

President Robert Mugabe is seeking to extend his 33-year rule in this week’s elections. His challenger is once again opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Anchor Carol Hills speaks with the BBC’s Brian Hungwe about the current presidential election.

Morgan Tsvangirai, head of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change was sworn into office as Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister by his long-time rival President Robert Mugabe. For more we are joined by the BBC’s Jonah Fisher in South Africa.

U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGee shares his thoughts on president Robert Mugabe, the cholera epidemic and the possibility of a power-sharing deal between Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party and Morgan Tsvangirai’s opposition MDC.

Zimbabwe opposition officials say some are unhappy with a complicated deal that finally has President Robert Mugabe agreeing to relinquish some power. The officials spoke Friday on condition of anonymity because of a media blackout.