Zimbabwe's opposition has called for AU forces to be deployed after President Robert Mugabe pushed ahead with a one-candidate vote on Friday which African observers said was unfair and marred by violence and intimidation.
"It's not easy to send a peacekeeping mission anywhere, and usually the sending of peacekeepers is the result of negotiations, the result of a peace plan to be implemented," AU peace and security commissioner Ramtane Lamamra told reporters ahead of an AU summit in Egypt.
"I am not sure that the situation in Zimbabwe corresponds to that particular situation."
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