Mbeki to hold talks with Mugabe

[WhiteTara]

Source: BBC

South African President Thabo Mbeki is in Zimbabwe for talks with Robert Mugabe, amid growing concern over violence ahead of next week's poll.

Mr Mbeki has mediated between Mr Mugabe and the opposition MDC, which said it expected little from the talks.

President Mugabe will face MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai in a second round presidential election on 27 June.

The meeting comes as UN head Ban Ki-moon expressed "profound alarm" over pre-poll violence in Zimbabwe.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7462073.stm

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Mugabe is a monster. I'll bet he and the * could be great friends.