Zimbabwe is anxiously awaiting a key court ruling which may end more than two weeks of election deadlock -- or could send the troubled nation into further turmoil if its government further delays announcing the results of the vote. The High Court is expected to decide at around 1230GMT Monday whether President Robert Mugabe must publish the outcome of the presidential election held more than two weeks ago.Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has declared victory over President Robert Mugabe in the March 29 vote, but has been forced to ask the court to order the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to release the results.
Tsvangirai is now in South Africa following the weekend's summit of the region's leaders in Zambia to discuss the situation, and is trying to seek further support for his cause, The Associated Press reported Monday. Sound Off: Have your say on the situation in Zimbabwe
Meanwhile, the electoral commission's chairman said over the weekend that it would recount ballots this week in at least 23 of 210 voting districts because of questions raised by Mugabe's party, the Zanu-PF.
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