Zimbabwean talks fail to produce agreement

HARARE, Zimbabwe, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Two days of negotiations over a power-sharing accord in Zimbabwe ended without an agreement, the country's main opposition party said.

Movement for Democratic Change spokesman Nelson Chamisa said the balance of power was in dispute, the BBC reported Sunday.

The the opposition party held negotiations with the ruling Zanu-PF party in South Africa.

Chamisa said longtime President Robert Mugabe wanted MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai to become a titular prime minister without real authority.

Tsvangirai beat Mugabe in a March 29 election but fell short of enough votes to avoid a run-off vote. The opposition leader withdrew from the race citing threats against him and his supporters.

Last week, Mugabe threatened to form a new government without the opposition.

"The MDC does not want to come in apparently," he said Wednesday.

In March's legislative elections, Mugabe's Zanu-PF party lost its majority in the House of Assembly for the first time since independence in 1980.