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Thursday, March 01, 2007

Mugabe's Zimbabwe in Dire Economic Straits

According to the Zimbabwe's central bank governor,their (Zimbabwe) economy is "broke and hungary,"
The Reserve Bank governor, Gideon Gono, told a parliamentary committee that he was struggling to keep the country's electricity on and the air force aloft. He admitted he had no funds to buy police vehicles or print passports and that unless drastic action was taken on rampant inflation, Zimbabwe could slump "to levels never dreamt before". The battered economy has become President Mr Mugabe's most potent opponent and public anger is growing, say civic leaders. Since the beginning of the year the economy has taken a lurching fall, with inflation soaring to nearly 1,600% and food and fuel shortages gripping the nation" -the Guardian.
Mugabe has ruled the country since independence from Great Britain in 1980. The politically democratic opposition has been barred from protesting in the major cities and have faced a major crackdown by the police, the opposition accuses the police/military of brutality and by repressing the Zimbabwean opposition against the Mugabe dictatorship. Please help the people of Zimbabwe against the corrupt failed regime of Robert Mugabe! This Guardian article among many, others, report on the atrocities committed by the Mugabe government.


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