By Peter Heinlein - VoA

Africa's leaders are grappling with the question of how to treat Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe when he arrives to attend an African Union summit beginning Monday at the Egyptian resort Sharm el Sheik. From the summit site, VOA's Peter Heinlein reports Zimbabwe's political crisis has overshadowed other issues in the pre-summit negotiations.


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Luyanda Makapela
Sharm el-Shaikh

The Zimbabwe crisis has come under the spotlight at the African Union (AU) Summit in Egypt where a report is expected to be tabled at a meeting of the Heads of State for further discussion.

This is according to AU Chairperson Jean Ping, who was speaking after the first session of the 13th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of Foreign Ministers at the summit in Sharm-El-Shaikh.

"We discussed the...

By Independent Foreign Service and Sapa, AP and Reuters

As Robert Mugabe forged ahead with a solo presidential election on Friday, the ANC laid part of the blame for the current crisis in Zimbabwe on Britain's handling of the land question during the Lancaster House talks.

But then, taking a serious swipe at the Zimbabwean government, the ANC said evidence of violence and intimidation, harassment of the MDC leadership and the banning of MDC rallies "have convinced...

VoA

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was likely to be sworn in Sunday for his seventh term after what many in in the country and worldwide were calling an illegitimate run-off election on Friday, as officials in Harare said early returns pointed to a Mugabe win.

That did not surprise most observers, as opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew from the ballot on June 22, citing mounting deadly violence against supporters of his Movement for Democratic Change, and...

By Luyanda Makapela

Sharm-El-Shaikh – Issues surrounding water and sanitation in Africa will be addressed by a declaration of the African Union (AU) Summit on Thursday.

According to the AU Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, Rhoda Peace, the meeting will be focussed on scaling up efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The meeting will also provide an opportunity for this subject to be given political attention at the highest...