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Mbeki: Don't Worry About Zimbabwe

Posted Apr 12, 08 5:11 PM CDT in World 

(Newser) – South Africa's president told African leaders today not to worry about Zimbabwe's disputed election, Reuters reports. "I wouldn't describe that as a crisis," President Thabo Mbeki said at a summit of 14 leaders in Zambia, assembled to free Zimbabwe from its political deadlock. "It's a normal electoral process in Zimbabwe." But Zambia's president urged them to act, saying they "can no longer continue to stand by and do nothing."

Mbeki told the Southern African Development Community members to wait for Zimbabwe to release its election results. But United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday that Zimbabwe "now stands on the brink" and urged African leaders to find "a peaceful and just solution." Robert Mugabe, who skipped the summit, said he and Mbeki are "very good friends, very good brothers."

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President Robert Mugabe, right, welcomes South African President Thabo Mbeki, left, of South Africa at Harare International Airport, Saturday, April, 12, 2008.   (AP Photo)
South African President Thabo Mbeki, left, talks to the media in Watford, England, Saturday April 5, 2008.   (AP Photo/Stefan Rousseau, Pool)
Zimbabwe's opposition party leader Morgan Tsvangirai, looks on during the opening of the emergency summit of the Southern African leaders in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday April 12, 2008.   (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
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