US envoy meets Angolan leader for Zimbabwe talks

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LUANDA (AFP) — The main US envoy for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, met Angolan President Eduardo dos Santos on Friday as part of a regional tour aimed at putting pressure on embattled Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe.

Assistant Secretary of State Frazer met Dos Santos at the presidential palace for closed-door talks expected to focus on the deepening political crisis in Zimbabwe, an AFP correspondent at the venue said.

Dos Santos, a close ally of Mugabe, is chairman of a political and security cooperation group within the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), a key regional organisation.

SADC has come under growing international pressure to intervene in the Zimbabwe crisis, following disputed presidential and parliamentary elections held on March 29....