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SADC holds emergency summit on Zimbabwe |
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Sunday, 09 November 2008 |
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and prime minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai were expected to become under unprecedented pressure to end their stand-off from leaders of the 15- nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting today.
Heads of state from the regional grouping will hold a one-day emergency summit on Zimbabwe's political crisis in Johannesburg.
Zimbabwe's neighbours have warned they will take a tough line with Mugabe and Tsvangirai, who have been bickering for two months over the make-up of the unity government they agreed upon in September.
According to the terms of the September 15 agreement, Mugabe remains president and Tsvangirai becomes prime minister of a unity government of 31 ministries.
The MDC has accused Mugabe's Zanu-PF of trying to hold onto all the important ministries, such as home affairs, which controls the police and the electoral machine.
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