Southern African leaders have been urged to put pressure on Robert Mugabe at the start of an emergency summit on the Zimbabwe election crisis in Zambia. The Zimbabwean president himself snubbed the meeting and refused to travel to Lusaka. But he did hold his first talks with the South Africa president Thabo Mbeki in Harare. Sky's Kitty Logan reports.
Nyasa Times "Minister of Women and Child Development Kate Kainja-Kaluluma has passed away in United Kingdom. “Indeed Hon Kate Kainja Kaluluma has died,” confirmed family friends in London. The 57-year-old minister was admitted to a North England hospital – York Hospital. Diplomatic sources at Malawi High Commission in London have said arrangements are being made to send her remains to Malawi. Kainja who was Dedza South West Constituency parliamentarian flew to United Kingdom for medical attention after a long-illness. She is survived by a husband, Emanuel Kaluluma and three children."