Zimbabwe's veteran President Robert Mugabe announced on Friday that the crisis-hit southern African country will stage a general election on March 29 when he will seek a sixth term in office.
A statement in the name of Mugabe, posted in a government gazette, said the elections would be held the day after the parliament in Harare is dissolved. The main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), which has been negotiating with Mugabe's party over the framework for the elections, denounced the move as an ''act of madness'' but stopped short of calling a boycott. |