Zimbabweans shop in a supermarket in the capital Harare May 4, 2010. Just over a year ago, Zimbabwehad the world's worst modern-day hyperinflation and the national currency was worthless. Today, shops in the capital are fully stocked with goods which anyone can buy as long as they pay in U.S. dollars. Zimbabwe's government allowed the use of multiple currencies in early 2009, effectively making the dollar the official currency.
A Zimbabwean woman drinks water from a tap in the capital Harare May 4, 2010. Harare's streets are markedly cleaner than they were six months ago, grocery shops have sprung up all over the capital - offering goods at prices comparable to neighbouring South Africa - and there are more new vehicles on the roads. But much-needed investment from abroad remains absent and the country's stock exchange has seen foreign investors retreat after the introduction of regulations calling for foreign-owned companies to transfer a majority stake to Zimbabweans.
A young Zimbabwean boy plays on a heap of rubbish in Harare's Mbare surbub on May 6, 2010. Local authorites have not collected the garbage over the past few months resulting in the increase of rats in the capital.
Roy Bennet address the media outside the High Court in Harare, Monday, May, 10, 2010 after he was acquitted of terrorism charges in Zimbabwe. A judge acquitted top prime minister's aide Roy Bennett of all charges Monday in a terrorism case that had strained Zimbabwe's struggling coalition government since it was forged more than a year ago.
A woman celebrate at the High Court in Harare, Monday, May, 10, 2010 after Roy Bennett was acquitted of terrorism charges in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's opposition party Movement for Democratic Change's (MDC) treasurer Roy Bennettspeaks to party spokesman Nelson Chamisa (R) as he leaves the High court in Harare, May 10, 2010. Zimbabwe's High Court on Monday acquitted former white farmer Roy Bennett, an ally of Prime MinisterMorgan Tsvangirai, of terrorism charges in a ruling that may ease tensions in the fractious unity government.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks alongside Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai prior to meetings at the State Departmentin Washington, DC, May 10, 2010.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. , right, and Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisc. , center, talk withMorgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe. left, at a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 11, 2010.
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (R) arrives for a meeting with Senate Majority LeaderHarry Reid (C)D-NV and Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) on May 11, 2010 in Washington, DC.
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and other delegates attend the opening of the 20th World Economic Forum on Africa in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam, May 5, 2010. Tanzania is hosting the Economic Forum on Africa with the theme "Rethinking Africa's Growth Strategy".
Zimbabwe Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, left, with his bodyguard arrives at Mlimani City Conference Centre in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Wednesday May 5, 2010 for the 20th World Economic Forum on Africa.
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangiraiaddresses a news conference at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam May 6, 2010. The World Economic Forum on Africa runs from May 5-7.
US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (C),D-NV, talks with Senator Russ Feingold (L),D-WI, and ZimbabwePrime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (R) before their meeting at the US Capitol on May 11, 2010 in Washington, DC.
Zimbabwe Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, left, with his bodyguard arrives at Mlimani City Conference Centre in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Wednesday May 5, 2010 for the 20th World Economic Forum on Africa.
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangiraiaddresses a news conference at the 20th World Economic Forum on Africa, in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam, May 6, 2010. Tanzania is hosting the Economic Forum on Africa titled "Rethinking Africa's Growth Strategy".
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangiraispeaks alongside US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (not pictured) prior to meetings at the State Department in Washington, DC, May 10, 2010.
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