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Talks between representatives from the two factions of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change Party, and President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF Party are under way in Pretoria, an African diplomat close to the mediation process told VOA.

The delegates are talking about how to overcome stumbling blocks in the way of full negotiations about Zimbabwe's political future, according to an African diplomat close to situation.

The difficulties appear immense and are mostly the result of the widely discredited runoff presidential election last month that was marked by widespread violence overwhelmingly perpetrated against members of the opposition and civil society groups by supporters of Mr. Mugabe.

That violence continues and bringing it to an end is one of the fundamental demands the two MDC factions are presenting at these preliminary talks.

Independent political analyst Chris Maroleng says other serious challenges center around how the various parties view each other's legitimacy.

"Unless the mediator is able to deal with the key sticking points in terms of recognition and credibility of the various parties to this negotiation, one would argue that the distance or asymmetry that exists between these two main political parties, would act as a stumbling block towards really having a positiveoutcomeemanating from this current period."

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