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| Mugabe a threat to unity, says US | Mugabe a threat to unity, says US |
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| The United States says the power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe will not work with Robert Mugabe as president. | The United States says the power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe will not work with Robert Mugabe as president. |
| The US would not reverse sanctions policy while Mr Mugabe remained in power as he had "lost touch with reality", a senior US official said. | The US would not reverse sanctions policy while Mr Mugabe remained in power as he had "lost touch with reality", a senior US official said. |
| As well as suffering economic collapse, Zimbabwe is suffering from a cholera epidemic charities say is critical. | As well as suffering economic collapse, Zimbabwe is suffering from a cholera epidemic charities say is critical. |
| Talks on a power-sharing deal with the opposition following disputed elections in March have been stalled. | Talks on a power-sharing deal with the opposition following disputed elections in March have been stalled. |
| Progress has also stalled over should control key ministries. | |
| The opposition MDC accuse Mr Mugabe of breaking the deal to form a coalition government and abducting its members. | |
| The US had supported the deal that was signed in September and promised to lift sanctions if it was implemented. | |
| But US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Fraser said it could no longer fulfil either of those pledges. | |
| "We have lost confidence in the power-sharing deal being a success with Mugabe in power. He has lost touch with reality," she said during a visit to South Africa. | |
| "We were prepared to use the American influence to negotiate with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to clear the $1.2bn Zimbabwe debt, but now we are no longer prepared to do that." |