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U.S. changes Zimbabwe policy
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U.S. changes Zimbabwe policy
Posted: 10:06 AM ET
From Nkepile Mabuse
CNN
PRETORIA, South Africa (CNN) — The United States no longer supports a power-sharing deal between Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe and the country’s main opposition because a viable unity government is not possible with Mugabe in power, a top U.S. diplomat said Sunday.

The statement from U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer follows recent calls from U.S. President George Bush and other world leaders for Mugabe to abandon power amid a growing cholera epidemic that the United Nations says has killed more than 1,000 people in recent months.

Frazer is in southern Africa to articulate the change in U.S. policy towards Mugabe at the request of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. She made the comments at a roundtable with journalists in Pretoria, South Africa.