Robert Mugabe in U-turn on early election
Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has been forced to back down on plans to hold elections before a new charter is adopted.
Mugabe, 87, had been pushing for early elections in August "with or without" a new constitution, raising fears of violence.
But during talks in Harare this week, negotiators from the president's ZANU-PF party have agreed to abide by the provision of a coalition deal signed after disputed polls in 2008.
The deal says a new constitution must be in place before polls are held. The increasingly frail leader appears to have finally bowed to pressure from the regional SADC grouping and South African president Jacob Zuma.
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