Lawyers for Zimbabwe’s opposition leader say they have filed a court suit to try to compel the state election commission to release full details of the disputed July 31 election.

A lawyer for the Zimbabwean opposition’s top negotiator says talks with President Robert Mugabe’s party are to begin this week.

Election observers from across Africa have heard “horrendous” accounts of political violence in Zimbabwe, their spokesman said today.

Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe warned today he would not step down even if he does lose the presidential election to be held later this month.

Police have failed to produce the deputy opposition leader at court despite a judge’s order, a Zimbabwe opposition lawyer said today.