Thursday, June 19, 2008

Fear Grows Over Zimbabwe Elections

BY ALAN COWELL
Published: June 20, 2008

As more opposition supporters in Zimbabwe were reported killed, a prominent African grouping issued unusually blunt public criticism of President Robert Mugabe on Thursday, saying there was “every sign” that next week’s presidential run-off election “will never be free nor fair.”
The criticism seemed to reflect growing apprehension and impatience among Zimbabwe’s neighbors, a day after President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, the regional mediator, launched what was depicted as an inconclusive final effort to ease growing tensions before the June 27 ballot.

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