From the News: Mugabe at EU-African summit?

From Reuters, 30 October: EU to invite Mugabe to summit

Lisbon - The European Union will send invitations this week to leaders of all African Union nations, including Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, to attend an EU-Africa summit in December, EU president Portugal said on Tuesday. Past efforts to hold such a meeting have foundered over whether to invite Mugabe, accused of human rights abuses. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has threatened to boycott the long-delayed event if the veteran leader comes. (...)

Some Nordic countries and the Czech Republic are also expected to take a hard line if Mugabe attends. African leaders see the Zimbabwean president as an independence hero but western critics accuse him of ruining the economy, rigging elections and violently suppressing the opposition. The EU has imposed sanctions on his government, including a visa ban on top officials.