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Article: ZIMBABWE: Mugabe bends as African allies step up pressure `National unity' government mooted to forestall Commonwealth suspension after farmer is killed fleeing squatters
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 19, 2002
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ZIMBABWE'S president Robert Mugabe is prepared to negotiate on a
government of national unity, he indicated in talks with two African
leaders attempting to broker an end to the political crisis
yesterday.
Mr Mugabe, who was sworn in to a new six-year term on Sunday
despite claims that his election was illegal, nevertheless laid down
terms that are considered unacceptable by the opposition.
But his attitude in the talks with South African President Thabo
Mbeki and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, provided the first
sign that Mr Mugabe may be yielding to the mounting international
pressure, with the Commonwealth poised to suspend his country from
the organisation today .
Morgan ...