Malawi hails Zimbabwe for signing a power-sharing-deal

Malawi on Tuesday hailed Zimbabwe’s leaders for signing a historical power-sharing-deal which symbolises the end of political squabbles between President Robert Mugabe and his rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in that country.

Malawi Minister of Information and government’s spokesperson, Patricia Kaliati, said in Lilongwe that the development made by the two leaders showed that they had the people\’s welfare at heart.

"These are the type of leaders which Africa, and Zimbabwe in particular, would like to have. These are leaders who realise that their people need food, health care, water, education and other basic necessities – and not squabbles," she said.

She said countries in Africa should emulate the good example of Zimbabwe which has resolved its political conflicts through dialogue and reconciliation.