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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 50 No 19
  •  25th September 2009

Women at war

The fifth congress of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front in December will shape the party's leadership and policies for the next five years. National delegates are picked at provincial conferences, the Youth League on 12 September and th...

  • Vol 50 No 18
  •  11th September 2009

Sodom and tomorrow

The death of Vice-President Joseph Msika has wrecked the succession strategy of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front. The plan had been to hold a party congress - delayed by 2008's cholera outbreak - in December, with no changes in the main...

  • Vol 50 No 17
  •  28th August 2009

Greed, gold and grit

Mugabe and his party find new ways to thwart the MDC as both sides prepare for a month of by-elections

  • Vol 50 No 17
  •  28th August 2009

After Msika - a new pecking order

Following the death on 4 August of Joseph Msika, the new Second Vice-President is likely to be the Chairman of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, John Nkomo. He is Ndebele and already sits in the Presidium, among the ruling party's top f...

  • Vol 50 No 17
  •  28th August 2009

Shiri salutes, sort of

The military parades and razzamatazz over the Heroes and Defence Forces weekend in August dovetailed with Vice-President Joseph Msika's state funeral and saw the junta on its best behaviour. To ensure everyone knows who is boss, a directive to the state m...

  • Vol 50 No 16
  •  7th August 2009

Parliamentary prosecutions

A rowdy session is in prospect following parliament's return after the winter recess and President Robert Mugabe's determination to regain control of it. His strategy - and that of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) - is to invo...

  • Vol 50 No 15
  •  24th July 2009

Coalition chaos

Ructions in the Movement for Democratic Change's factions are threatening its grip on parliament. After last March's elections, Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC faction won 100 seats, and Arthur Mutambara's MDC faction won ten seats, giving the two MDC factions a ...

  • Vol 50 No 13
  •  26th June 2009

Tsvangirai carries the can

The momentum is moving in the MDC's favour yet its foreign friends remain cautious

  • Vol 50 No 13
  •  26th June 2009

In this week's issue

NIGERIA: Central Bank Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi SOUTH AFRICA: Sandile Zungu, Chief Executive, Zungu Investments Company ZIMBABWE: Finance Minister Tendai Biti and Economic Planning Minister Elton Mangoma

  • Vol 50 No 13
  •  26th June 2009

The hard road to a new constitution

Parliamentarians launched the great constitutional debate on 24 June, amid growing tension in the power-sharing government. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change is struggling to persuade loyalists of the Zimbabwe African Natio...

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