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May 9th, 2008
Posted: 03:40 AM ET
(CNN) — South African president Thabo Mbeki is traveling to Zimbabwe’s capital Friday for talks with the political leadership there, the South African Foreign Affairs Ministry said. A ministry statement said only that Mbeki would be traveling in his capacity as head of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which represents a dozen regional countries. Mbeki is likely to discuss a continuing crackdown by the Zimbabwean government on dissenting voices in the aftermath of the unresolved March 29 presidential election. The opposition party has said 25 of its supporters have been killed since the vote, and this week, police arrested two journalists, a lawyer and a trade unionist. |
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