Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono addresses bankers in Zimbabwe on February 2, 2009. Zimbabwe's central bank today knocked 12 zeros off the local currency -- reducing one trillion dollars to one dollar -- and introduced seven new notes as it battles to revive its battered economy. "Yesterday's trillionaires, I am sorry, will not be able to buy their favourite drink today," Gono said as he announced the latest bid to keep pace with mind-boggling hyperinflation.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during a news conference after the opening session of the 12th African Union Summit on February 2, 2009 in Addis Ababa. President Robert Mugabe has agreed to allow a top-level United Nations team to visit Zimbabwe to find ways of curbing a cholera epidemic and a hunger crisis, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on today. Ban told reporters that he met with Mugabe on February 1 on the sidelines of the African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital.
New Zimbabwean dollar bills are unveiled by the Zimbabwe central bank, in Zimbabwe on February 2, 2009. The bank today knocked 12 zeros off the local currency -- reducing one trillion dollars to one dollar -- and introduced seven new notes as it battles to revive its battered economy. "Yesterday's trillionaires, I am sorry, will not be able to buy their favourite drink today," Gono said as he announced the latest bid to keep pace with mind-boggling hyperinflation.
Zimbabwean first Lady Grace Mugabe (L) attends the opening of the African heads of State summit on February 2, 2009 in Addis Ababa. Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi was elected chairman of the African Union on February 2, 2009 at a summit of the 53-nation bloc in the Ethiopian capital. The African Union opened a summit on February 1, 2009 officially devoted to developing transport and energy systems, but dominated by conflicts across the region and division over the bloc's future.
Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi (C) arrives at the UN compound for a consultative on February 01, 2009 meeting prior to the opening of the African heads of State summit in Addis Ababa. The AU's 12th summit opened Sunday in Ethiopia with an agenda officially focused on infrastructure development but overshadowed by conflict and hunger on the continent. Other officials in background are unidentified
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