A crisis summit in South Africa takes place on Monday to find solutions for politically and economically ailing Zimbabwe. President Mugabe meets the regional leaders for an endorsement to form a government with or without his rivals. Political pundits say his move will deepen his country's crisis. - Mugabe and his arch-rival Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, are at each others throat over who controls key ministries in a power-sharing government brokered in September 2008. Mugabe has urged the opposition to join a unity government but has made it clear he would not hesitate to name one without them. Tsvangirai has said no deal is possible un…

Food crisis is imminent in Mozambique as the United Nations warned it is running out of funds to help the 350,000 people in need of food aid. The WFP noted seven of the country's 11 provinces face an acute problem due to poor harvests. The region has had less than half of its normal rainfall since October. - Acute rainfall in central and southern regions is the major cause of the situation, the UN body - World Food Programme – said. Now heavy downpours this week have caused flooding, killed 25 people and left thousands of others homeless, the BBC reported. Crops from central Sofala province are also under threat from locusts which have invaded the area in the last few days, wor…