Zimbabwe election crisis deepens as votes to be recounted
AFP, April, 2008
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HARARE (AFP) — The post-election crisis in Zimbabwe deepened Sunday with the announcement of a vote recount that could return control of parliament to President Robert Mugabe's ruling party.
News on state media that 23 out of 210 constituencies would be recounted next Saturday came as regional leaders tried to thrash out a joint statement in response to the crisis at an emergency summit in the Zambian capital Lusaka.
Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa told leaders of the 14-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) in his opening address that doing nothing was not an option.
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"SADC cannot stand by and do nothing when one of its members is experiencing political and economic pain. It would be wrong to turn a blind eye," the summit chairman said.
Before retreating behind closed doors for marathon talks which were continuing well into Sunday, Mwanawasa insisted the summit was "not intended ...
