the home of sadek secretariat present at that meeting will be the foreign ministers of south africa and goler ten zinnia and zambia and they are going to receive a report from the south african delegation that's been in zimbabwe to get fully up to speed on exactly what the situation is there now in terms of resolving its political crisis at the end of that we are expecting some sort of statement in the past twenty four hours we've heard from the african union they have said they wouldn't want to see any unconstitutional change of government and they want to see a process which promotes democracy human rights and the social economic development of zimbabwe the issue of course is that any unconstitutional change of government would mean that under both said act and the a use zimbabwe it would have to be expelled from both bodies lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has accepted an offer by france's president of money or micron to visit paris while the french foreign minister is expected to meet her in the during a visit to saudi arabia on wednesday lebanon's president michel aoun said

when that suppose a deadline will either pass with his resignation or as we're schumer now not and sadek is well they said look we're not going to say anything until tuesday when they're holding an emergency meeting so both big regional powers sort of really taking a back seat and letting the process play out however zimbabweans decide it must. thank you to a new page in years the latest reaction to what has just happened in harare we were expecting the president president robert mugabe to announce his resignation instead he is saying that he will be presiding over the zanu p.f. congress in a few weeks time in december in harare he wants to be that he wants to be the person in charge of the congress over the moments no resignation he is still the president that is it from me now the next stop is talk to al-jazeera. you can. see. we live in an age of rapid technological advances where also official intelligence is a reality not a science fiction fantasy every day we rely on algorithms to communicate to all find king book a holiday even introduce us to potential partners driverless cars an

south africa's president jacob zuma does south africa is currently the chair of the regional body sadek they had an ounce tony a few hours ago that president zuma along with angola as president. were going to go to harare on wednesday and we spoke to them on a wee while ago and they that is still the plan they are still going to go although obviously they also tonight will be playing catch up because clearly the situation has changed enormously perhaps that might be a difficult conversation when they come face to face said in the past has played a bit of a controversial role in zimbabwe and but it will also be a respectful villa visit if it does in fact go ahead robert mugabe although disliked despised perhaps by many people was also someone who was respected perhaps at times grudgingly respected but nonetheless an enormous figure who has who has cast a long shadow over the. southern africa so south africa's role in going forward and speaking to president former president mugabe slip of the tongue there will be important we we think that said i will want to encourage a return to normalc

meeting of the regional body said it is taking place in botswana this afternoon because it's the home of sadek secretariat present at that meeting will be the foreign ministers of south africa and goler tends an area and zambia and they are going to receive a report from the south african delegation that's been in zimbabwe to get fully up to speed on exactly what the situation is there now in terms of results it's political crisis at the end of that we are expecting some sort of statement in the past twenty four hours we've heard from the african union they have said they wouldn't want to see. unconstitutional change of government and they want to see a process which promotes democracy human rights and the social economic development of zimbabwe the issue of course is that any unconstitutional change of government would mean that under both said act and the a use zimbabwe it would have to be expelled from both bodies to other news in cambodia riot police have blocked the streets around the supreme court in the capital phnom penh the government has filed a lawsuit against the main opposition pa

only one in zimbabwe as last election which said that it was not a credible vote while the rest of sadek and the way you supported those electoral results and this was something we saw coming through pretty strongly i think i'm those extraordinary scenes from harare on saturday when hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets calling for president mugabe to step down we did see i did spot some signs in that march people saying stay out and we've been speaking to many zimbabweans here in south africa because there's a large diaspora population here and they mirror those concerns they are basically saying that looks at acas entire at times turned a blind eye and may have taken steps in supporting elections they say may have been questionable which effectively led to the extension of president mugabe's presidency tanya page live in johannesburg thank you. well syria's president assad has held talks with russia's leader vladimir putin in sochi the pair spoke in the black sea resort city on monday the kremlin says mr putin told president assad that the fight against armed groups in sy

of ahmed raila thank you very much meanwhile leaders of the southern african development community sadek are due to meet in angola on tuesday to discuss the zimbabwe political crisis here is al-jazeera is turning a page with more on the regional reaction. zimbabwe's flag flies high over a part of johannesburg as. on monday zimbabwe's. south africa's president jacob zuma the regional body and the united nations to encourage president mugabe to step down but most of the zimbabweans we spoke to here don't think that's a good idea. to stay away from criticism was knees by a snake is pretty. good but the other kind is most of the free why because the terms in with. if you get. a big problem in there we're supposed to be involved with the way this kind of but they did nothing but now we're trying to do that to fix what is going on on our own so if they get involved now they are destroying that thing with all of this is a look house particularly under president. south africa's approach known as quiet diplomacy but that's also led to criticism about south africa and said it has been ineffective

that they didn't want south africa all southern african development community to the regional body sadek to interfere in their business a lot of people really resent the role that cedric and south africa have paid over the past many years because people believe that by approving what i have at times many people believe been questionable elections bad for south africa and other governments in the region have played a part in extending the presidency of robert mugabe the only person or leader in the region who's really stood out and speaking against robert mugabe is botswana's president in karma who again called for president mugabe to step down to south africa's played trying to play a leading role in reaching a negotiated settlement seen on voice too and we understand that still south africa's president jacob zuma will go to harare tomorrow on wednesday however they're really going to be very careful and cautious will not want to be seen to be interfering or extending on their mandate or impinging on zimbabwe as. sovereignty i think we're at the most likely to see the sort of thing that

well in some ways if you take it face value again what president zuma said on behalf of sadek and also the statement from the chairperson of the african union commission then one has to assume that what they want at a minimum is not as for this coup not to lead towards a permanent. settlement that is to say for their for the spoils of the coup not to be rewarded to submit to god or anybody else they are clear that these sorts of non constitutional changes of government are not to be tolerated not in southern africa not in africa as a whole but the fear of course is that there will be so much maneuvering inside zimbabwe that that the that sadeq in the african union will not hold fast to that principle and that you might see some sort of fig leaf to go she should that could lead to many gaga holding consolidating power and the ultimate question is whether or not and how hard the other countries in the region led by south africa as well as other. countries when backed by the african union will hold true to their principles in helping to return way to a democratic order former u.s. ambassa

the president to resign or else face impeachment and the southern african development community or sadek it also didn't want to make any comment until after its emergency summit on tuesday and luanda angola south africa has played a leading role in trying to reach a amicable solution to what to what south african president jacob zuma describes as a political impasse he sent on voice to zimbabwe which have been photographed in these negotiations but i think on this day those negotiators really played a backseat role one of the things that really stood out for me and president mugabe's speech was this line he said that the country has a legacy of resistance and i think he is really living up to that legacy if you like and holding on resisting this really unprecedented amount of pressure for him to step down. well some zimbabweans you tuned in to watch my guy was speech live felt let down by his refusal to resign. the general little bit more. and with his dignity but he refused to do that he's tried to be so stubborn just waiting. to hear something definitive like i'm stepping down. as a co

africa has been involved there is a lot of pressure within from zimbabweans to south africa and to sadek that you know cedric and i can't delay too much on this this has to be resolved very quickly because because what's happening is a national convergence as we saw in harare but it's a fragile moment and sadoc. to have to be in sync with what the people are saying and that is calling for a fairly rapid exit and on that there is always outpouring how was talked about the field feeling good on the streets people saying this is a new beginning is it a new beginning or could it end up being more of the same if they put somebody like vice president who was pushed out if he comes in is he going to make for a better zimbabwe for those people out on the streets today. you know i mean i was i was just there a few days ago what people are really the number one thing people are talking about is the economy people are pragmatic. you know we know that it's not going to be a perfect transition we know that the next government is not going to be a perfect government but people want the economy to be s

head of the zimbabwean defense force so clearly playing a key role and emphasizing the position of sadek and the a you that this should be a constitutional change of government is that if that is what is to eventually take place and johnny of course is a big huge zimbabwean community in south africa and i imagine there must be watching these events unfolding back home very closely any reaction from you know the the bigger zimbabwean community there in south. so there's a big big zimbabwean community here and also in the other neighboring countries as well you know not just here although south africa's borne the brunt of the exodus of many hundreds of thousands of zimbabweans driven out by for political reasons but mostly for economic reasons you know we've been speaking to people over the last few days and and you know what's been the course of quite extraordinary is just there are still a high number of people that you talk to on the street may they want to talk to you they want to express hope but they don't want to go on camera because they are still afraid to speak freely and i think