Danish Minister for International Co-operation Ulla Tornaes (L) is shown around the dairy farm by farmer Ajs Kirk (R) in Harare, Zimbabwe on March 18, 2009. Tornaes arrived in Zimbabwe for a trip to discuss relations between Zimbabwe and Denmark following the formation of a power-sharing government between President Robert Mugabe and long-time rival Morgan Tsvangirai.
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister and Oppositon Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) Secretary-General Tendai Biti speaks during the opening of the Short-Term Emergency Recovery Programme (STERP), meant to ease the current economic crisis facing the country, in Harare March 19, 2009, Zimbabwe is talking to the United States and European Union over the repeal of sanctions, according to an economic policy document, the first sign the new government may be gaining the confidence of Western powers.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe addresses the opening of the Short-Term Emergency Recovery Programme (STERP) in Harare March 19, 2009, meant to see way of easing the current economic crisis facing the country. Zimbabwe is talking to the United States and European Union over the repeal of sanctions, according to an economic policy document, the first sign the new government may be gaining the confidence of Western powers.
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (L) talks to Finance Minister and Opposition Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) Secretary-General Tendai Biti after opening the Short-Term Emergency Recovery Programme (STERP), meant to ease the current economic crisis facing the country, in Harare March 19, 2009,
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe attends the opening of the Short-Term Emergency Recovery Programme (STERP) in Harare March 19, 2009, meant to see way of easing the current economic crisis facing the country. Zimbabwe is talking to the United States and European Union over the repeal of sanctions, according to an economic policy document, the first sign the new government may be gaining the confidence of Western powers.
Danish Minister for International Co-operation Ulla Tornaes looks at cheese in a Danish dairy factory in Harare, Zimbabwe on March 18,2009.
Danish Minister for International Co-operation Ulla Tornaes (C) with Mike Manyanya, a manager at a Danish dairy factory (L) and an unidentified Danish delegate (R) in Harare, Zimbabwe look at cheese on March 18,2009.
SOME OF THE NEWS STORYS.....
Bulawayo man thrown out of CIO building.
There was high drama at lunchtime in Bulawayo on Wednesday when a man was thrown out of the 4th floor of Magnet House, a building used by the notorious Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO). Huge crowds of shoppers converged on the scene as the man, identified as bank clerk Tawengwa Mavhunga, lay motionless on the road, covered by a red blanket. A Bulawayo City Council vehicle is said to have rushed the seriously injured clerk to the United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH).
Two versions of the same story are now emerging, with the state owned Chronicle newspaper trying to protect the image of the CIO. The newspaper claims Mavhunga, a bank clerk with the Merchant Bank of Central Africa Zimbabwe (MBCA), lied to his mother that he had been abducted by the CIO on Monday when in fact he had slept at his girlfriend’s house. The paper claims the mother then sought intervention from the courts to have her son released. The paper then alleges that the CIO took Mavhunga into their custody for questioning on Wednesday, because he had lied to his mother. They claim he leapt out of the building to escape a lie detector test.
But our correspondent Lionel Saungweme reports a different story, saying information from other sources indicate that Mavhunga was indeed abducted on Monday, over a clash he had with CIO officers.....
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Humble Pie: Treasury virtually empty, Robert Mugabe begs West for help .
Harare - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Thursday called for emergency foreign aid to revive his nation's shattered economy and urged Washington and Brussels to end "cruel" sanctions on his inner circle amid reports that the country has virtually run out of money.
"I on behalf of the inclusive government and the people of Zimbabwe say, friends of Zimbabwe please come to our aid," Mugabe said at the launch of a new economic recovery plan prepared by the month-old unity government.
"To the European Union and the United States, I appeal for the removal of your sanctions which are inhumane, cruel and unwarranted."
"We also wish to appeal to all those countries which wish us to succeed to support our national endeavour to turn around our economy," he added.
The European Union and the United States maintain a travel ban and asset freeze on Mugabe and his inner circle in protest at controversial elections and alleged human rights abuses by his government.
Although his long-time rival Morgan Tsvangirai became prime minister in a unity government last month, western countries say they will maintain the sanctions until the 85-year-old leader proves he is ready to reform.
Zimbabwe's once-dynamic economy has been crushed by world-record hyperinflation and the collapse of farming, mining and manufacturing.
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A glimpse into the abyss of Mugabe's prison system
HARARE -- A 73-year-old pensioner. A two-year-old toddler. A woman who was HIV positive. Age or illness meant nothing - none were exempt from the cruelties of detention at the hands of President Robert Mugabe's security forces.
More than 40 activists and opposition members - along with one activist's two-year-old son - were abducted by Zimbabwe's security agents last fall. After months of abuse and isolation, about half of the abductees have finally been released from jail. Their accounts of beatings and torture are a horrifying glimpse into the abyss of Mr. Mugabe's prison system.
Fidelis Chiramba, 73, says he nearly went crazy after weeks of torture and solitary confinement. "I thought I was going mad," he said as he recovered in a Harare medical clinic.
"After months of not talking to anyone, you become sick. I had no voice. I thought I would never see my family again. At one point I tried to kill myself."
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