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Zimbabwe
Population: 12.6 mn.
GDP: 7.5 bn.
Debt: 6.2 bn.
Overview:

President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai want an election this year, but another violent debacle looms in the absence of a constitutional solution. Farm and mining output, particularly platinum and diamonds, will improve. 

Zimbabwe Country Report



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  • Vol 52 No 19
  •  23rd September 2011

General alarm

Two of those most exposed to any possible Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front retribution for sharing their opinions and information with United States diplomats are army generals: Brigadier General Herbert Chingono, who went on a training cou...

  • Vol 52 No 18
  •  9th September 2011

Leak now, pay later

Attorney General Johannes Tomana has the unenviable job of investigating for possible prosecution all Zimbabweans identified as sources of information for United States’ diplomats in the unredacted State Department cables released by WikiLeaks this month....

  • Vol 52 No 17
  •  26th August 2011

The kingmaker general dies at Alamein

Solomon Mujuru held no high office but was an important link between the military and the political opposition

  • Vol 52 No 17
  •  26th August 2011

The police fail to protect

Amid the finger-pointing, conspiracy theories and angst at Solomon Mujuru’s death, what stands out with crystal clarity is the incompetence of the Zimbabwe Republic Police before, after and during the fire that burnt him beyond recognition. Mujuru’s only ...

  • Vol 52 No 17
  •  26th August 2011

It’s not cricket

On 4 August, Zimbabwe announced its return from the cricketing wilderness, playing – and winning – its first international for over five years, a test match against Bangladesh. Zimbabwe excluded itself from test cricket in 2006 after a strike by mainly ...

  • Vol 52 No 16
  •  5th August 2011

Hard winter in Harare

ZANU-PF outpoint their opponents by taking over the diamond revenue and latching on to a popular national cause

  • Vol 52 No 15
  •  22nd July 2011

Spinning out of control

Four spin doctors vie for coverage on behalf of President Mugabe and his party as the battle over the next elections heats up

  • Vol 52 No 15
  •  22nd July 2011

Unreliable economic barometer

The launch of the US$9.2 billion Medium Term Plan at Harare’s International Conference Centre on 7 July did not go according to plan. Although President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai were billed to preside over the launch, that honour...

  • Vol 52 No 14
  •  8th July 2011

Durbar without elephants

The swelling procession of senior figures from the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) snaking through the Harare divorce courts alongside wronged spouses clutching inventories of great wealth is turning into a Durbar without the ele...

  • Vol 52 No 13
  •  24th June 2011

Regional leaders take on the President

President Mugabe’s men misjudged the mood of the summit in South Africa: they lost yet more political ground in the negotiations

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