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.
The World Cup football tournament kicks off in one week, and host South Africa is busy putting on the finishing touches. But not everyone is looking forward to the tournament. Authorites in cities including Cape Town are being accused of clearing the poor from the streets - to create a good impression for visiting fans. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa has more.