Southern Africa: Summit Fails to Overcome Talks Deadlock

Harare — Zimbabwe's main political parties remain deadlocked over how to share power despite pressure exerted by a summit of Southern African leaders at the weekend.

South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki, the incoming chairman of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), said at the end of the SADC annual summit on Sunday that the heads of state and government who attended the meeting believed Zimbabwean negotiators had produced a set of documents that "form a good basis for a speedy resolution of outstanding matters."

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