Word: zimbabweã
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...Barack Obama has rewarded the hopes of many who thought that his election in America today was perilously impossible. To feel optimistic about political issues in far-off continents is quite another. As a supporter of Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe’s power-sharing agreement in Zimbabwe??which is currently in a state of collapse—I now face the reality of this distinction. Yet the situation in Zimbabwe is so dire that it absolutely requires optimism, as irrational is it might currently seem...
...nation gripped by economic recession and hyperinflation; according to the Kenya Standard, inflation rates now reach up to 20 million percent. Mugabe, as the chief decision-maker in Zimbabwe, has attempted reforms whose failed results he has blamed on indeterminable interference by Western states, such as Zimbabwe??s one-time colonizer, Great Britain. Amidst all this economic trouble, Zimbabwe continues to enforce strict restrictions on distribution of aid across the country. Any improvements for life in Zimbabwe will have to start by lifting these restrictions...
...restrictions loosened. A group of donors in Africa known as the “Fishmongers Group” has already vowed to inject approximately $1 billion into Zimbabwe once Zimbabwe lifts donation restrictions. The money is there, waiting; the United States thus has to only work to facilitate Zimbabwe??s opening...
...infamous “Coalition of the Willing” touted by the Bush administration before the invasion of Iraq, many nations have grown skeptical of the ability for the United States to organize and spearhead a positive and mutually acceptable agreement among nations. Joining in efforts to revive Zimbabwe??s economy would help ease this skepticism and restore some of the United States’ pre-Iraq reputation...
...amidst the recount, delays, and intimidation the official results expected to be released later this week are likely to result in a victory for the opposition parties. People of Zimbabwe have voted for change and to put an end to the 28-year-long-rule of Robert Mugabe. Yet Zimbabwe??s problems will not end with a regime change and a smooth and peaceful transfer of power—which seems unlikely given Mugabe’s desperate attempts to cling onto power. The country faces extreme inflation exceeding 100,000 percent this year, the worst...