Zimbabwe Talks Uncertain

(19 Jan 09 - RV) Zimbabwe's opposition MDC today insisted on controlling several key ministries before any government can be formed with President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF,
suggesting no progress had been made on the main hurdle. Shortly after an MDC source said power-sharing talks wereclose to collapse, the party released a position paper saying it will remain committed to forming a unity government as long as it controlled powerful ministries such as defence and finance. The spokesperson for the Zimbabwe Vigil in London, Dennis Benton says African regional leaders hold the key to ending this political crisis…