Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula and former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa, representing the African Union, also attended the talks.

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Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzania's president, last week dismissed the idea that Zimbabwe's problems might have something to do with bad governance.

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This policy continued under Benjamin Mkapa, who was elected president in 1995.

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