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VOA News Item 4政治：南部非洲的部长们准备报告区域危机 Foreign ministers of the Southern African Development Community met in Maputo to prepare a report on the region’s political crises. It is to be presented to African leaders at their upcoming summit in Ethiopia. |
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SADC’s Political and Diplomatic Committee has been mediating three major crises in the region. |
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SADC officials said the ministers are pleased the various parties to the unity government in |
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Zimbabwe resumed negotiations on implementing their power-sharing agreement. They said they believed Zimbabwe was on the right path. |
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The officials said the ministers also believe that progress is being made toward easing the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and that reconciliation efforts between the government and various rebel groups were on the right track. |
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But the officials said they were less optimistic about the political crisis in Madagascar. It erupted in March after Andry Rajoelina, backed by the military, seized power following the ouster of then-President Marc Ravalomanana. |
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SADC and the African Union do not recognize the Rajoelina government and have suspended Madagascar from their organizations. |
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