HARARE (AFP) – Zimbabwe's parliament is set to amend election laws to speed up the announcement of results and create a system for reporting political violence ahead of new polls, the justice minister said Thursday.

The proposed changes come two years after President Robert Mugabe claimed victory in disputed elections that plunged the nation into violence and eventually led to a unity government with his rival, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
The unity government is meant to draft a new constitution that will pave the way to fresh elections, but the reform process is running about a year behind schedule.
The rival parties also agreed to set up “a special body to receive complaints or allegations of politically-motivated acts of violence,