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Zimbabwe

Population: 16.99m
GDP: $35.91bn
Debt: 98.5% of GDP (2024)

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One law for the poor

The government that smashes unlawful small businesses is saved by unlawful currency deals

The government's willingness to use arbitrary force against poor Zimbabweans just after claiming a landslide election victory on 31 March suggests it thinks the country is much closer...


The dam bursts

Bankruptcy and looming starvation force the government to reverse its land policy

Economic logic is biting back faster even than the government's opponents predicted. Zimbabwe is fast running out of fuel and maize-meal. Before the elections (AC Vol 46 Nos...


What is the MDC for?

After the opposition Movement for Democratic Change's third election defeat, some blame the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front for skilful rigging and also clandestine South African support....


Moyo makes mischief

No stranger to self-parody, the government's sacked spin-doctor Jonathan Moyo told Africa Confidential: 'I am a voice for resolution'. He enjoys making mischief, in the ruling Zimbabwe African...


Future shock

The unfree and unfair election has left both parties in disarray as new alliances are planned

Zimbabweans are reeling from the aftershock of the country's third disputed elections. Although the opposition Movement for Democratic Change MPs attended the swearing in of the new parliament...


Waiting for Kiev

Even before polling started on 31 March, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change was preparing to challenge the results. The MDC expected to win in Manicaland, Masvingo and...


Matebeleland moves on

In this month's parliamentary elections, the big upset could come in the south-west as anti-Mugabe sentiment grows

President Robert Mugabe's current term lasts until 2008 and the parliamentary elections due on 31 March are critical to his next moves. He may get his biggest shock...


They also ran

Five parties are contesting the elections, but only the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front and the Movement for Democratic Change have candidates in all 120 seats. The Zimbabwe...


Friends fall out

A former business ally of the Mugabe government accuses it of corruption and hypocrisy

The last shreds of credibility of President Robert Mugabe's government are at stake in a war of words between businessman Mutumwa Mawere and Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono....


Spies and counter-spies

South African President Thabo Mbeki's position on Zimbabwe has toughened considerably since the arrest of a South African counterintelligence officer in December 2004 (AC Vol 46 No 2)....


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