TOYAKO, Japan, July 8 (UPI) -- African Union nations and the Group of Eight leaders meeting Tuesday in Japan failed to agree on how strongly to deal with the situation in Zimbabwe.
The AU is resisting calls to slap economic sanctions on the regime of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, whose supporters have been accused of slaying scores of political opponents in an effort to tilt last month's presidential election in Mugabe's favor. The African leaders said they believe they can negotiate a power-sharing agreement between Mugabe and the rival Movement for Democratic Change, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.