Zimbabwe: Issue Suspiciously Blocked From SADC Debate

20 August 2010
Zimbabwe Independent (Harare)
By Dumisani Muleya/Faith Zaba

ACCUSATIONS of political chicanery at the just-ended South African Development Community (Sadc) summit in Windhoek, Namibia, have surfaced following the failure of regional leaders to fully discuss Zimbabwe in their main proceedings and reflect the issue in detail on the communiqué.

Diplomats and representatives of political parties at the summit say that the issue of Zimbabwe was abandoned midstream after it was initially discussed comprehensively by the Sadc troika of the organ on politics, defence and security at the opening of deliberations on Sunday. This raised eyebrows, with claims that President Robert Mugabe had used his influence, as he did at the Democratic Republic of Congo last year, to block the issue from a full discussion by the summit.

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