ZANU-PF asks Mugabe to form new government

Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF asked President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday to form a new government with immediate effect, a fresh sign that a power-sharing agreement with political rivals is collapsing. Zimbabweans, faced with the world's worst inflation and acute food shortages, hoped that a September 15 deal would end the southern African country's ruinous political and economic crisis.