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.

Summit to Discuss Zimbabwe Crisis

Zimbabwe will be high on the agenda when leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) meet in the Zambian capital, Lusaka. South Africa's Thabo Mbeki was asked in March to mediate between Zimbabwe's government and the opposition. He will now have to report back on the progress he has made after holding a series of secret talks. But confronting Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, goes against the grain of everything SADC leaders hold dear.