The United States has warned Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe not to go back on a power sharing agreement with the two factions of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change.

Washington has said it will impose new sanctions if President Mugabe fails to abide by the recently signed power sharing agreement.

Both sides signed a power sharing agreement last week to form a unity government aimed at resolving the country’s economic crisis.

But it has recently been reported that an impasse exists between the ruling party and the opposition over cabinet posts.

There have been concerns within opposition circles that if the US were to go ahead with sanctions, Mugabe’s party would portray the opposition as lackeys of the West.

Some Zimbabweans have also expressed concerns about the power-sharing agreement after the resignation of the mediator; South African President Thabo Mbeki, who steps down this week.

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