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- AU commission chief says up to Zimbabwe to sort out election row
GENEVA (Reuters) - Zimbabweans themselves must resolve a row over President Robert Mugabe's decision to call an election on July 31, the head of the African Union commission said on Monday. Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court ordered Mugabe two weeks ago to hold the poll by the end of July, but Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has rejected his rival's declaration, saying it was too early and accusing him of creating a political crisis. On Saturday, Southern African leaders meeting at a summit in Mozambique told Zimbabwe to ask its courts to extend the deadline. ...
- Zimbabwe's Mugabe says rivals scared of 'sure' defeat
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe accused political rivals of seeking to delay elections in Zimbabwe because they fear defeat, after regional leaders urged his ruling coalition to ask the courts to extend a July 31 deadline for holding the vote. His rivals said reforms to restrictive media and security laws were essential for any fair election to be held and that it was Mugabe's party that was not ready to go the polls. ...
- Regional leaders urge Zimbabwe poll delay
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Regional presidents meeting at a special summit on Zimbabwe asked President Robert Mugabe to delay crucial elections he has set for the end of July while asking the nation to guarantee conditions for free and fair elections, officials said Saturday.
- Southern African leaders urge Zimbabwe to postpone election
MAPUTO (Reuters) - Southern African leaders on Saturday told Zimbabwe to ask the courts for an extension on a July 31 deadline to hold elections, a date that caused high tension between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. "What the summit recommended was, in recognizing that there was a need for more time, that the government of Zimbabwe engage the constitutional court to ask for more time beyond the deadline of July 31," Tomaz Salomao, Secretary General of Southern African Development Community, said after a meeting in Maputo. ...
- Regional leaders urge 2-week Zimbabwe polls delay
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Regional presidents meeting at a special summit on Zimbabwe want President Robert Mugabe to delay crucial elections set for the end of July by at least two weeks, independent monitors said on Saturday.
- Southern African leaders discuss Zimbabwe election crisis
By Marina Lopes MAPUTO (Reuters) - Southern African leaders gathered on Saturday to try to draw up a road map for elections in Zimbabwe, amid high tension between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over the timing of the vote. The summit of the 15-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) in the Mozambican capital comes two days after Mugabe declared July 31 as election day, a date immediately rejected by Tsvangirai, his partner in a coalition and his main political rival. ...
- Zimbabwe hackers hit ANC website
Opponents of President Robert Mugabe target the website of South Africa's governing ANC, accusing it of backing Zimbabwe's leader.
- Anti-Mugabe hackers attack website of South Africa's ruling ANC
By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Hackers opposed to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe took out the website of the African National Congress (ANC) on Friday, accusing South Africa's ruling party of a corrupt and bloodstained relationship with the former British colony's leader. The group also said it had successfully attacked the website of Zimbabwe's Ministry of Defense "for the genocide slaughter of 20,000 ndebele people". "Ladies and gentlemen and secret agents. today we shall be hitting one of the biggest enablers of the mass murdering mugabe. ...
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