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African Leaders Guide Zimbabwe Toward Elections

   VOA News  June 11, 2011
   South African President Jacob Zuma (R) poses with Zimbabwe President
   Robert Mugabe before talks, in Pretoria, June 10, 2011

Photo: AFP

   South African President Jacob Zuma (R) poses with Zimbabwe President
   Robert Mugabe before talks, in Pretoria, June 10, 2011

   African leaders are meeting in Zimbabwe Saturday to lay out a roadmap
   for the country's presidential elections.
   Members of the Southern African Development Community want to delay
   elections until a new constitution is adopted.
   Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his majority ZANU-PF party insist
   elections be held this year.
   Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe for 31 years, was forced into a shared
   unity government because elections three years ago produced no clear
   winner.
   His rival, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, heads the unity
   government, which has been wracked with disputes.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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