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Page last updated at 00:11 GMT, Wednesday, 9 April 2008 01:11 UK
MDC Secretary General Tendai Biti
'Huge violence' in Zimbabwe poll
Zimbabwe's opposition says its supporters have been attacked around the country since last month's poll.
Mbeki's diplomacy doubted
Living on rumour in Harare
Q&A: Zimbabwe elections

Reconstruction work in Kibera slum Violence as Kenya talks suspended
Opposition supporters in a Kenyan slum set up burning barricades after a power-sharing deal breaks down.
Protester in industrial city of Mahalla al-Kubra in Egypt Voter turnout low in tense Egypt
Voting in Egypt's local elections is sluggish, after thousands of opposition candidates were banned.

ZIMBABWE ELECTION SPECIAL

South Africa's key role
Zanu-PF ready for battle
Living on rumour in Harare

OTHER TOP STORIES
India pledges Africa investment
Africa food price 'tsunami' fear
Casablanca bomb convicts escape
Two die in Mauritanian battle

ALSO IN THE NEWS

Henry Okah Did anyone put deadly snakes in Nigerian militant's jail cell?

AFRICAN SPORT

Ban lifted for Somalia's Addo
Fifa gives Sierra Leone more time
Cricket: India suspend Zim tour

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Protester in Nairobi's Kibera slum on 8 April 2008 Kenyan deadlock
Political rivals trade blame as talks grind to a halt
Zimbabwe 'war veteran' 'Under siege'
Zimbabwe farmer's fear as "war veterans" resume occupations
Samuel Kamau Wanjiru Leader of the pack
The young Kenyan runner forging ahead in Olympic year

MORE FROM AFRICA

Djibouti hunts for abuse suspects
Talks to avert Somali aid crisis
'Ex-slave' takes Niger to court
Darfur women still face rape risk
Contact made with yacht pirates
Custody for Comoran rebel
Women face bias worldwide - UN
Nigerian rebel appears in court

FEATURES
The price of a rhino's life?
Tricky dealings in hostage case
Walking the African beat
Profile: Somalia's Islamic 'lads'
BUSINESS
Development goals 'falling short'
Donor nations 'miss aid targets'

AFRICA HAVE YOUR SAY

One person died as Ivorian demonstrators confronted riot police Is it too expensive to eat?

Zimbabwe poll: Your views

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