Word: murambatsvina
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With the excuse of fighting infectious diseases, the regime launched Operation Murambatsvina in 2005, clearing slums across the nation under the slogan of “driving out the rubbish.” In effect, it was mainly targeted against the support base of the Movement for Democratic Change, a party that eventually challenged Mugabe in the March 29 elections...
President Robert Mugabe's policies to stem Zimbabwe's economic meltdown are once more attracting attention of all the wrong kind. Last year, in an operation called Murambatsvina (or "drive out trash"), soldiers destroyed the homes and market stalls of thousands of small traders and opposition supporters and forced many of them to resettle in grim camps or return to their rural homes. Recently, troops have swept rural areas, ostensibly to help boost agricultural productivity by growing food on idle farms. In reality, though, human-rights advocates say the army has begun seizing food from peasant farmers, raising fears that...
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