Summit opens on Zimbabwe
Southern African leaders yesterday opened a special summit aimed at breaking the deadlock in Zimbabwe's political crisis, even though opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was not in attendance.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe met in the Swaziland capital with four other heads of state and former South African leader Thabo Mbeki, who has been mediating talks aimed at saving a power-sharing deal.
Tsvangirai did not attend the meeting in protest at delays in receiving his travel documents from Zimbabwe's government, which his party said showed Mugabe's lack of sincerity in the talks.
The opposition leader has not been granted a normal passport for months, and requires emergency travel documents every time he leaves the country. His travel papers were not given to him until late Sunday, his aides said.
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