Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has rejected African calls to postpone a presidential election scheduled for Friday, saying there could be no interference in his country even from the African Union.
Earlier, members of the 14-nation Southern African Development Community said holding the run-off vote under the current conditions would undermine the legitimacy of the outcome. 84-year-old Mugabe, who was stripped of his British knighthood on Wednesday on account of human rights abuses, is bound to extend his 28-year-rule in the one candidate election. Meanwhile, the Zimbabwean opposition Protests at Iran, Zimbabwe leaders' presence at FAO summit ...
AU tells Zimbabwe, release results ... party's secretary general, Tendai Biti, has been released from prison after being granted bail. He was arrested two weeks ago on charges of vote-rigging and treason and could face the death penalty.
(Deutsche Welle)
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