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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. 

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  • Vol 51 No 3
  •  5th February 2010

Economic clouds, platinum lining

Foreign mining companies benefit more from the halting recovery as local political problems mount

  • Vol 51 No 3
  •  5th February 2010

The President ends his holiday

As the plotting and squabbles in the ZANU-PF break into the open, the military launches a new round of farm seizures

  • Vol 51 No 1
  •  8th January 2010

Three men in a boat

Somehow the unlikely triumvirate sticks together – for fear of something worse – amid signs of a slowly recovering economy

  • Vol 51 No 1
  •  8th January 2010

Elusive shoots of economic recovery

The key issue for the power-sharing regime is reviving the economy. According to the 2010 budget, the government is aiming for 7% gross domestic product growth, underpinned by 10% in agriculture (as in 2009) and 40% in mining.

  • Vol 50 No 24
  •  4th December 2009

Faint heart never beat stout lady in the ruling party

Joice Mujuru’s victory in ZANU-PF’s leadership election could encourage more pragmatism as pressure mounts for Mugabe’s exit

  • Vol 50 No 24
  •  4th December 2009

Didymus Mutasa dithers

Joice Mujuru's victory in ZANU-PF's leadership election could encourage more pragmatism as pressure mounts for Mugabe's exit

  • Vol 50 No 22
  •  6th November 2009

'Too many enemies'

When arms disappeared from Pomona Barracks, north of Harare, last month, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front barons again blamed the Movement for Democratic Change but military intelligence officers found no evidence. Fearing a mutiny, the...

  • Vol 50 No 21
  •  23rd October 2009

Tsvangirai's walkout puts Mugabe on the backfoot

The MDC sees some success in its efforts to push a divided ZANU-PF into talks by appealing to regional leaders to pressure President Mugabe

  • Vol 50 No 21
  •  23rd October 2009

Matebeleland fallout

The hoped-for seamless assumption of the late Vice-President Joseph Msika's positions by John Nkomo is teetering on the brink of farce. Thanks to Didymus Mutasa, the Secretary for Administration of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, the ...

  • Vol 50 No 20
  •  8th October 2009

In and out

The return of the mercurial Jonathan Moyo to full membership of the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) could prompt further splinters in the party. Several Politburo members have failed to block the move, which is seen as a victory...

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