More than a month after Robert Mugabe agreed to share power with Morgan Tsvangirai, the pair have yet to start governing together to rescue Zimbabwe from its rapidly deepening misery. As The Economist went to press, there werernhopes once more of a breakthrough in the negotiations. But Thabo Mbeki, who oversaw the original agreement, is no longer South Africa's president and has lost the heft he needs to persuade Mr Mugabe to implement it. In any event Mr Mbeki should step down as mediator and give way to Jacob Zuma, South Africa's probable next president. And if Mr Zuma is unable or unwilling to take on the job, the un's former secretary-general, Kofi Annan, a proven negotiator, should be asked in to break the stalemate.
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