FACTBOX: Zimbabwe's Mugabe hands key ministries to his party
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has allocated three important government ministries to his ZANU-PF party, angering the opposition and threatening a power-sharing deal.
A government notice on Saturday showed Mugabe had allocated to his party the powerful ministries of defense, home affairs -- which is in charge of the police -- and finance, a crucial portfolio to the resuscitation of Zimbabwe's devastated economy.
*Here is a list of the ministries allocated to each political party.
ZANU-PF
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Defense
Home Affairs
Finance
Foreign Affairs
Transport
Local Government and Urban Development
Mines and Mining Development
Lands, Agriculture and Resettlement
Environment, Natural Resources and Tourism
Higher and Tertiary Education
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