Southern African Development Community protest

A Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporter holds a placard as they protest outside the venue of Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting in Sandton November 9, 2008. Southern African leaders opened a regional summit on Zimbabwe in South Africa on Sunday, hoping to break a deadlock over the allocation of cabinet posts which has prevented formation of a power-sharing government. The 15-nation SADC meeting is trying to end the impasse between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and put into effect a power-sharing deal reached in September.

A policemen tries to control Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters outside the venue of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting in Sandton November 9, 2008.

A Movement for Democratic change (MDC) supporter carries a mock coffin as he protests outside the venue of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting in Sandton November 9, 2008.

Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters carry a mock coffin as they protest outside the Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting in Sandton November 9, 2008.

Supporters of the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Morgan Tsvangirai, carry a coffin bearing a sticker reading 'Mugabe must go' as they gather outside the one-day emergency summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Zimbabwe in Johannesburg on November 9, 2008.

Zimbabwean opposition supporters call for President Robert Mugabe to step down at a SADC extraordinary summit in Johannesburg, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008 . Mugabe's peers are losing patience, the top negotiator for the Zimbabwe opposition says before an extraordinary regional summit called to deal with the nation's power-sharing deadlock.