Tag: Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe abandons its currency
BBC: Zimbabwe abandons its currency Zimbabweans will be allowed to conduct business in other currencies, alongside the Zimbabwe dollar, in an effort to stem the country's runaway inflation. …
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Mugabe crisis ‘infecting’ Africa
BBC: Mugabe crisis 'infecting' Africa The crisis in Zimbabwe is "infecting the whole of southern Africa", UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said after visiting refugees. On a visit to Johannesburg, S Africa, he said victims of political repression were fleeing there in their thousands. He said it was now "imperative" there was a new…
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Will Africa take action against Zimbabwe’s Mugabe?
Christian Science Monitor: Will Africa take action against Zimbabwe's Mugabe? The African Union is expected to discuss the issue in Egypt Monday, one day after Mugabe declared a 'sweeping victory' in Friday's presidential runoff, which was widely condemned as a sham. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA; and HARARE, ZIMBABWE – President Robert Mugabe has long been able…
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Children starve as Zimbabwe’s grain goes to make luxury dog food
The Scotsman: Children starve as Zimbabwe's grain goes to make luxury dog food (HT: Presbyweb) THE state-run grain company in Zimbabwe has turned to making luxury dog food, while up to four million of the country's people starve. Doggy's Delight is a new product from the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), the only firm to which…