Zimbabwe, the current chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), said the 16-member regional bloc will meet in Harare for an extraordinary summit between November 16 and 20.

The post-election violence unfolding in Mozambique, where the ruling party has been accused of rigging a presidential election to extend its 49 years in power, will be top of the summit's agenda.

According to Human Rights Watch, at least 30 people have been killed in the nearly three weeks of protests that have followed the vote on October 9.

"Initially, [the SADC summit] was put together to address the issues relating to the development in the Democratic Republic of Congo," said Piers Pigou, a political analyst on southern Africa at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in Pretoria.

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"However, because of the situation unfolding since the election last month in Mozambique, SADC is expected to address that situation or at........

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