Zimbabwe




Zimbabwe is a landlocked
country in southern Africa,
lying between latitudes 15° and
23°S, and longitudes 25° and
34°E. Most of the country is
elevated in the central plateau
(high veld) stretching from the
southwest to the northwest at
altitudes between 1200 and
1600m. The country's east is
mountainous with Mt.
Nyangani as the highest point
at 2,592 m. About 20% of the
country consists of the low
veld under 900m. Victoria
Falls, one of the world's
biggest and most spectacular  
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Land reform in Zimbabwe







Land reform in Zimbabwe officially began in 1979
with the signing of the Lancaster House Agreement,
an effort to more equitably distribute land between
the historically disenfranchised blacks and the
minority-whites who ruled Zimbabwe from 1890 to
1979. The government's land distribution is perhaps
the most crucial and the most bitterly .More
ZIMBABWE: Political violence escalates
14 February, 2011 | IRIN
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Zimbabwe's Government of National Unity (GNU) was born out of
political violence in 2008, and analysts see its demise occurring in much
the same way.

    The two-year-old unity
    government was formed on
    11 February, 2009 after two
    rounds of violent and disputed
    elections the year before. It
    "was more like a ceasefire
    agreement between belligerent
    forces and very little has been
    achieved under that set-up,"
    said Philip Pasirayi,
    spokesman for the Crisis in
    Zimbabwe Coalition, a
    grouping of civic
    organizations.

Although no election has been announced, both President Robert
Mugabe, leader of ZANU-PF, and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, of
the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), have created an air of
expectation that a national poll is being planned for 2011...More
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Land tenure issue merits a referendum
13 August, 2010 (By Takura Zhangazha) - GOVERNMENT’S policy
ambiguity concerning 99-year land leases for farmers has been
interestingly challenged by a re-ignited debate concerning the bankability
of such leases. When Finance minister Tendai Biti mentioned in his mid-
term fiscal policy review statement that there was need to ensure that
the new farmers acquired collateral by considering issuing title deeds to
farmers, MPs appeared somewhat confused. Some, probably Zanu PF
MPs, jeered at the proposals and the MDC MPs jeered back when Biti
emphasised matters of posterity and productivity. And it would appear
that the matter seems to have rested there. There have been no...More
Prime Minister Morgan
Tsvangirai and President
Robert Mugabe have been
unhappy partners in the
Government of National Unity
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Zimbabwe Prof Arrested, Tortured for Watching
Viral Vids
    26 February, 2011 (By Sam Gustin
    ) - Munyaradzi Gwisai, a lecturer at
    the University of Zimbabwe’s law
    school, was showing internet videos
    about the tumult sweeping across
    North Africa to students and
    activists last Saturday, when state
    security agents burst into his office.

The agents seized laptop computers, DVD discs and a video projector
before arresting 45 people, including Gwisai, who runs the Labor Law
Center at the University of Zimbabwe. All 45 have been charged with
treason — which can carry a sentence of life imprisonment or death —
for, in essence, watching viral videos.....More