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Africa Update: Zimbabwe Tries Unity Government

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai agrees to become prime minister in a new Mugabe coalition government. Will the deal finally bring political peace to the southern African nation?

Meanwhile, Libyan president Moammar Khadafi is chosen to lead the African Union, and Somalia's Parliament elects the country's new president.

For more on these stories, Tony Cox talks with Roxanne Lawson, director of Africa Policy for TransAfrica Forum.

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