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Kenya urges AU to suspend Mugabe |
| Kenyan PM Raila Odinga has urged the African Union to suspend Robert Mugabe from the bloc until he allows free and fair elections in Zimbabwe.
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The situation in Zimbabwe, where Mr Mugabe was sworn in again as president on Sunday, has overshadowed a key summit of African leaders in Egypt.
African observers said the vote had been undermined by pre-poll violence.
Correspondents say the AU's response to the Zimbabwe crisis will be a major test of the bloc's effectiveness.
Speaking to reporters in Nairobi, Mr Odinga said: "They should suspend him and send peace forces to Zimbabwe to ensure free and fair elections."
Mr Odinga, a vocal critic of Mr Mugabe, says the AU would set a dangerous precedent by accepting him as "a duly elected president".
The UN has urged African leaders to try to negotiate a solution to the crisis.
Mr Mugabe claimed a landslide victory as the sole candidate in the presidential election re-run after the leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Morgan Tsvangirai, withdrew.
The South African presidency said it would consider reports from election observers together with other members of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) before adopting a unified position regarding the result.
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