Zimbabwe church leaders urge action to avert 'genocide'

Source: AFP

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HARARE (AFP) - Post-election violence in Zimbabwe could reach genocidal proportions without intervention from the international community, the country's church leaders warned on Tuesday.

"We warn the world that if nothing is done to help the people of Zimbabwe from their predicament, we shall soon be witnessing genocide similar to that experienced in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and other hot spots in Africa and elsewhere," leaders of all denominations said in a joint statement.

"We appeal to the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union and the United Nations to work towards arresting the deteriorating political and security situation in Zimbabwe," the statement said.

A recount of ballots is under way in Zimbabwe in the wake of the March 29 parliamentary and presidential elections, amid allegations that longtime leader Robert Mugabe, 84, is trying to steal the outcome and cling to power.



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Zimbabwe church leaders say people are being tortured
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HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe church leaders say people are being tortured, abducted and some murdered in a campaign of political retribution.

The leaders of all church denominations in Zimbabwe issued a joint statement Tuesday calling for international intervention to help end the country's election crisis.

They say "the nation is in a crisis" that could escalate to genocidal proportions if nothing is done to help.

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