Briggs Bomba of Africa Action and Mahmood Mamdani of Columbia University discuss Zimbabwe's future under its new unity government after the new prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, was sworn in by longtime opponent Robert Mugabe.
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February 11, 2009
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe shares power with longtime opponent
Blogwatch
January 30, 2009
Zimbabwe’s opposition party agrees to unity government
Zimbabwe's main opposition party said it will accept a power-sharing plan and join a unity government with President Robert Mugabe. The move underscores a growing sense in the region that Zimbabwe needed a political solution so it could address its growing humanitarian crisis.
Perspectives
January 15, 2009
A letter from Zimbabwe on bank lines and cholera
A Worldfocus contributing blogger shares a letter from Zimbabwe, where the lines at the bank are long and residents struggle to get clean water and power.
Signature Video
October 8, 2008
Farmers, drought and taxes cripple Argentina
Argentina -- known as the "grocer to the world" -- finds itself trapped by food inflation, a slumping economy and one of the worst droughts in almost 50 years.
