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UN delivers very critical report on Zimbabwe's demolition program



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The UN is not quite as fast as I was hoping to see but after a tour of Zimbabwe, they have delivered a harsh report on Mugabe's "Drive Out the Trash" campaign which has left hundreds of thousands of people homeless and without work in the middle of the winter. Nobody believes Mugabe when he says that the government is supplying funds to move the people back to the countryside because Zimbabwe has no money.

Mugabe has recently asked South Africa for money and is begging China to cough up money (and perhaps even more military equipment) though it is highly doubtful that any cash that arrives would be used for such a program. There is some talk that South Africa might tie loans to reform though looking at recent history I would be surprised if that happened. China has been making a strong effort across Africa and has recently sold Mugabe everything from transport trucks to military jets to helicopters so I won't be surprised if they continue supplying tools of repression, as they do in many countries.


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