Full Coverage: Zimbabwe

26.06.2006 The average Zimbabwean family requires $524 a month just to cover the basics, but the average worker only earns about $200 a month. How, then, do people cope? Many Zimbabweans have turned into entrepreneurs, finding alternative ways of surviving in their poverty-stricken country.

21.06.2006 Zimbabwean officials are furious at the UN's recommendation that Zimbabwe be ranked as a least-developed country. Zimbabwe's rejection of the status has become highly politicized, with many calling for authorities to face, not ignore, the reality of the "unfolding crisis" there.

20.06.2006 Poliittisen ja taloudellisen kriisin kurimuksessa elävä Zimbabwe on torjunut YK:n ehdotuksen luokituksensa alentamisesta kaikkien köyhimpien maiden kastiin. Maailman kehitysmaista 50 luokitellaan nyt vähiten kehittyneiksi eli LDC-valtioiksi, ja niistä 34 sijaitsee Afrikassa.

15.06.2006 Churches in Zimbabwe trying to address the worsening political and economic crises are being thrust into the unfamiliar role of political activism. Church groups are divided along party lines and have drawn attention for their public bickering.

12.06.2006 Zimbabwelaiselle itsenäiselle Voice of The People radiokanavalle myönnettiin One World Media Awards -tilaisuudessa Lontoossa palkinto työstä oikeudenmukaisemman ja vapaan tiedonvälityksen hyväksi. Kanava on jo vuosia sinnitellyt kireiden medialakien olosuhteissa, hallituksen uhkailun alla, selvinnyt pommeista ja pidätyksistä sekä lähetyskatkoista.

09.06.2006 The independent Voice of the People radio station, which has been hounded by the Zimbabwe government and survived bomb attacks, police raids, arrests and frequency jams last night won an international media award.
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01.06.2006 Satellite images of the wholesale destruction of a large community in Zimbabwe provide more evidence of the devastating impact of the government's policy of house demolitions.

01.06.2006 New satellite images show for the first time the complete destruction of a 16-year-old community under the Zimbabwean government's Operation Murambatsvina ("Restore Order").