Africa:Zimbabwe damages Commonwealth unity

A summit of the 54-nation Commonwealth of nations - representing nearly one-third of the world's six billion people - ended in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, with western nations blaming Zimbabwe for its own growing international isolation. But President Robert Mugabe divided the Commonwealth as much from the outside as from within, as members bickered over Mr Mugabe's quitting the gentlemen's club. Zimbabwe was suspended from the Commonwealth last year after an election widely seen as flawed. Mr Mugabe had earlier threatened to leave the organisation if the country was not "treated as an equal".