Zimbabwe violence is cause for 'serious concern': Mbeki
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) — Levels of violence in the approach to Zimbabwe's run-off presidential election on June 27 are a cause for "serious concern," South African President Thabo Mbeki said Wednesday.
"We are at one with SADC (Southern African Development Community) and most of the international community that the incidents of violence and reported disruption of electoral activities of some of the parties are a cause for serious concern and should be addressed with all urgency," he told lawmakers.
Mbeki is the 14-nation SADC regional bloc's chief mediator on Zimbabwe, where opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is hoping to unseat veteran President Robert Mugabe in just over a fortnight.
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