Teachers Targeted in Post Election Violence

Educators have become targets in Zimbabwe's post election violence, according to a teacher's union. This is threatening a nationwide strike unless the government stops the attacks. The Roman Catholic Justice and Peace Commission also protested political violence and called on the United Nations and African Union to supervise a planned presidential runoff. In a statement to coincide with Sunday services, the Catholic human rights body said the Zimbabwe electoral Commission could no longer be relied on as a "neutral and nonpartisan electoral umpire" after its five week delay in announcing final results of March 29 national election amid witness reports of politically motivated murder, abduction and torture.