COMESA summit hasty show of support for government

The Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) has given Zimbabwe a second chance to hold the regional bloc’s 13th summit, in what would appear to be a hasty show of confidence in the country as a result of the power sharing deal. The summit had been initially set to take place in May but was called off after state-sponsored violence swept through the country, following Robert Mugabe’s election loss to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in the first round of voting in March.