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Africans urge Zimbabwe poll delay Africans urge Zimbabwe poll delay
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An emergency summit of southern African leaders has called for Zimbabwe's run-off presidential election to be postponed because of recent violence.An emergency summit of southern African leaders has called for Zimbabwe's run-off presidential election to be postponed because of recent violence.
The leaders of Swaziland and Tanzania say the conditions would not permit a free and fair election and the outcome would not be credible. The leaders of Swaziland and Tanzania and Angola say the conditions would not permit a free and fair election.
They were meeting along with an Angolan official on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc). Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has urged intervention by the African Union and southern African states to end the political crisis.
Britain is also to withdraw an honorary knighthood granted to Robert Mugabe.Britain is also to withdraw an honorary knighthood granted to Robert Mugabe.
Sadc has been tasked with mediating an end to Zimbabwe's crisis. The summit of southern African leaders urged both sides to use the interval to hold talks aimed at finding a compromise to resolve the crisis.
The statement followed a day of talks in the Swazi capital, Mbabane, of the troika of countries from the regional Southern African Development Community (Sadc), responsible for overseeing peace and security in southern Africa.