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  • July 2008

    • Paper Shortage Deepens Crisis in Zimbabwe

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 24, 08 2:58 PM CDT

      Paper Shortage Deepens Crisis in Zimbabwe

      International sanctions and hyperinflation have left Zimbabwe nearly unable to print money, the Guardian reports. Stocks are nearly depleted since shipments ceased early this month from the German firm that supplied paper for banknotes; worse, the license will soon expire on the software used to design and print the bills. And with inflation around 40 million percent, demand for new, larger-denomination bills is insatiable. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • currency  • hyper-inflation

    • Zimbabwe Rivals Agree to Start Negotiations

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jul 21, 08 12:40 PM CDT

      Zimbabwe Rivals Agree to Start Negotiations

      Robert Mugabe has signed a deal with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai establishing negotiations on the future of Zimbabwe, the BBC reports. The rivals met for the first time in 10 years to sign the agreement, which South Africa’s Thabo Mbeki witnessed. The deal does not create the power-sharing structure Mbeki proposed; it creates a framework for further negotiations. More »

    • Zimbabwe Launches $100B Bill

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jul 20, 08 3:29 PM CDT

      Zimbabwe Launches $100B Bill

      Zimbabwe will introduce a new $100 billion bank note tomorrow to offset rampant inflation—a seemingly exorbitant sum that may not even buy a loaf of bread. The official annual inflation rate in the country tops 2,200,200%, but independent estimates peg the actual rate at many times higher. Denominations have grown exponentially since the central bank introduced a $10 million bill in January. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • inflation  • Zimbabwe elections  • hyper-inflation

    • 9M% Inflation Crushes Zimbabwe

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 18, 08 9:56 AM CDT

      9M% Inflation Crushes Zimbabwe

      The political violence that ravaged Zimbabwe has subsided since Robert Mugabe's sham reelection, but another devastation continues unabated: economic meltdown. Zimbabwe's inflation rate has now hit 9 million percent, and a $50-billion Zimbabwean note is worth just 34 cents and falling in American currency. The Guardian investigates the surreal economic landscape of what was once one of Africa's most prosperous nations. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • economy  • black market  • starvation  • hyper-inflation

    • Russia, China Nix UN Embargo on Zimbabwe

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jul 11, 08 6:41 PM CDT

      Russia, China Nix UN Embargo on Zimbabwe

      Russia and China today threw out a UN resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe for its violent presidential election, Reuters reports. Nine countries supported the US-backed sanctions, which would levied an arms embargo and restricted the travel and finances of officials, including President Mugabe. But five nations voted against it, calling the resolution unworthy of the UN Security Council. More »

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      China  • Russia  • United Nations  • United States  • Zimbabwe  • Zimbabwe elections  • UN Security Council  • UN resolution

    • South Africa Offers Zimbabwe Truce Proposal

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 7, 08 10:33 AM CDT

      South Africa Offers Zimbabwe Truce Proposal

      South African president Thabo Mbeki has proposed a compromise in Zimbabwe’s political crisis: Let Robert Mugabe remain president in name, but hand power to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as temporary prime minister, the Guardian reports. Members of opposition party Movement for Democratic Change were said to be largely satisfied with the plan, on the condition that the African Union would help enforce it. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • South Africa  • Thabo Mbeki  • power sharing deal  • truce  • peace deal

    • Teen Rapes Reported at Mugabe Torture Camps

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Jul 6, 08 8:30 AM CDT

      Teen Rapes Reported at Mugabe Torture Camps

      Teenage pregnancy rates have spiked after youth militia members began raping Zimbabwean girls in President Robert Mugabe's torture camps, human rights workers tell the Times of London . The stigma against rape victims has kept the victims mostly silent, but a single hospital saw a spike of 16 expectant teenagers, and the trend is thought to be fairly widespread. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • rape  • torture  • Movement for Democratic Change  • teen pregnancy  • MDC  • militia  • parliament

    • Mugabe's Bloody Path to Victory in Zimbabwe

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 5, 08 12:25 PM CDT

      Mugabe's Bloody Path to Victory in Zimbabwe

      When Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, first learned he’d lost his March bid for re-election, he told supporters he’d concede–but they wouldn’t listen. Instead, Mugabe agreed to let the army swing the vote in his favor. Thus began a campaign of violent intimidation that ultimately forced his opponent to drop out. Using meeting notes and witness reports, the Washington Post describes the brutality. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • violence  • Zanu-PF  • intimidation

    • Zimbabwe Film Shows Mugabe Election Rigging

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 5, 08 7:38 AM CDT

      Zimbabwe Film Shows Mugabe Election Rigging

      Film shot secretly by a Zimbabwean prison guard shows how President Robert Mugabe’s party used intimidation to earn votes in last week's run-off election, the Guardian reports. In the footage, ruling party members watch as prison officials fill out their ballots and inspect the results. At a rally, party members are shown telling people to feign illiteracy so Mugabe supporters could fill out their ballots for them. More »

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      film  • Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • Zanu-PF  • intimidation

    • Stubborn Mbeki Denies the Blood on Hands

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 3, 08 6:45 AM CDT

      Stubborn Mbeki Denies the Blood on Hands

      Five years ago Roger Cohen interviewed Thabo Mbeki in the New York Times , and even then the South African president insisted that Zimbabwe will "get over" its conflicts. So as supposed mediator in Zimbabwe's deepening economic and humanitarian disaster, why has Mbeki still done nothing? An earlier act of stubbornness might provide a clue: his AIDS denialism, which cost hundreds of thousands of lives in his own country. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • South Africa  • AIDS  • HIV  • Thabo Mbeki  • HIV/AIDS

    • Paper Co. Cuts Off Supply of Zimbabwe's Bank Notes

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 2, 08 12:46 PM CDT

      Paper Co. Cuts Off Supply of Zimbabwe's Bank Notes

      The German company that supplies Zimbabwe with the paper for its hyper-inflated currency has caved to pressure from the German government and stopped doing business with embattled dictator Robert Mugabe. The secretive Bavarian firm, Giesecke & Devrient, had been airlifting tons of special blank bank notes—fortified with watermarks and other antiforgery features—to Mugabe so that new currency could be printed, adding more zeros,  every couple of weeks. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • inflation  • money  • currency  • hyper-inflation

    • Tsvangirai Rejects Mbeki as Mediator

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 2, 08 11:58 AM CDT

      Tsvangirai Rejects Mbeki as Mediator

      Zimbabwe’s opposition party won’t accept South African President Thabo Mbeki as a mediator in negotiations with the government, party leader Morgan Tsvangirai said today.  Arguing that Mbeki is too close to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Tsvangirai said without another mediator “no meaningful progress can be made.” The African Union supported Mbeki as mediator yesterday, the AP notes. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • Morgan Tsvangirai  • Thabo Mbeki

    • How the Opposition Can Oust Mugabe

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 2, 08 7:33 AM CDT

      How the Opposition Can Oust Mugabe

      Robert Mugabe has been sworn in for a sixth term as Zimbabwe's president—but this time, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change commands a majority in the country's parliament. That split offers the best hope of deposing Mugabe, writes Mark Y. Rosenberg in the New York Times. The best way to oust the president, he says, might simply be to get rid of the office altogether. More »

    • African Union Pushes Unity Government in Zimbabwe

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jul 1, 08 3:44 PM CDT

      African Union Pushes Unity Government in Zimbabwe

      The African Union adopted a resolution today calling for President Robert Mugabe to begin negotiations with the Zimbabwean opposition on forming a unity government, Reuters reports. The action marks the first time the AU has censured Mugabe, who once enjoyed a strong reputation as Zimbabwe’s liberator, for his undemocratic practices. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Kenya  • African Union  • election fraud  • Southern Africa  • Botswana

    • Fond Memories Dissipate in Zimbabwe Haze

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 1, 08 1:29 PM CDT

      Fond Memories Dissipate in Zimbabwe Haze

      "Is that the bad guy?" asks Chipo, the Zimbabwean-born adopted daughter of journalist Neely Tucker, watching Robert Mugabe on TV. She is a constant reminder of life a decade ago in the African nation, he writes in the Washington Post . "Mostly I miss the way it was then only because it looks good by comparison," Tucker writes. More »

    • Zimbabwe Tells Mugabe Critics to 'Go Hang'

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 1, 08 8:52 AM CDT

      Zimbabwe Tells Mugabe Critics to 'Go Hang'

      Robert Mugabe's spokesman angrily dismissed the possibility of a national unity government today, reports the Guardian , telling the US and other nations supporting the opposition to "go hang." Speaking at the African Union summit, the spokesman told reporters that no other country could interfere in Zimbabwean affairs, and equated British criticisms of Mugabe to colonialism. The African Union holds a special session on Zimbabwe later today. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • African Union

  • June 2008

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