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The news mention here under can be alarming to us as whole nation to be ready face the worstiest situation in case of continuity of present non-relevant behavior of our greedy, corrupt, senseless, and visionless non-elegible ruling elites, as the beginning of our new government shows the end destiny as same as Zibabwe.
Zibabwe also have natural resources and agricultural crops, even then they have collapsed due to greedy corrupt rulers. Please goahead to have a look into the curent news & country details mentioned hereunder:
Republic of Zimbabwe
Editorial: Where only words are cheap | Comment is free | The Guardian
The Guardian,
Tuesday July 22, 2008
Yesterday's first meeting for 10 years between Robert Mugabe and Morgan
Tsvangirai took place on the day when the Bank of Zimbabwe started issuing
banknotes for 100bn dollars - not enough to buy a loaf of bread
- Note: 1 US Dollar = 30394000000 (30.394Million)Zimbabwe Dollar
and on which fresh allegations surfaced of murder and violence against opposition
supporters. This deepening national disintegration is a far more potent
reality for ordinary Zimbabweans than anything that the political
adversaries have yet been able to muster. The onus is therefore on those who
promoted yesterday's deal to show they are not building a house made of
straw.
As this paper reported yesterday, millions of Zimbabweans have been reduced
to a scorched earth existence merely to survive. Harvest failure, brought on
in part by mishandled land redistribution schemes, has forced many to sell
precious livestock to survive and driven tens of thousands from the land to
the towns and from Zimbabwe to South Africa. Inside Zimbabwe, with its
debauched currency, true survival is only possible for the Zanu-PF
kleptocracy around Mr Mugabe. According to the United Nations, 5 million
people need urgent food aid that Mr Mugabe denies them on the grounds it is
all a colonialist plot. One in three Zimbabweans is malnourished. Food
shortages and inequalities threaten health and livelihood on a scale that
the regime is neither capable of nor interested in combating.
If their needs are to be meaningfully addressed, Zimbabweans will need more
than two men's signatures on a piece of paper - especially when one of those
belongs to Mr Mugabe. This is not to deny that yesterday's meeting is a sign
that the status quo - economically, socially and in the shape of Mr Mugabe's
shamelessly dishonest re-election - is now indefensible. Mr Mugabe and Mr
Tsvangirai would not have met at all if the crisis had still been
subcontracted to South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki. International
pressure from Africa and beyond has combined with mounting domestic
instability to force yesterday's show of joint action. Yesterday's meeting
and agreement, though, are little more than symbols of a preparedness to
talk about a situation that is out of control. It is not a real answer to
the country's needs.
Mr Mugabe's real intentions remain hugely suspect, while even Mr Tsvangirai
dubbed yesterday's meeting merely tentative. That is why the crucial
questions remain those about Mr Mugabe, his network and his regime. They are
the fundamental cause of Zimbabwe's problem and they cannot be part of its
solution except on terms at odds with their own instincts and self-interest.
Until those issues are confronted not ducked, Mr Mugabe's commitment to
change will be as worthless as one of his banknotes.
President: Robert Mugabe (1980)
Current government officials
Land area: 149,293 sq mi (386,669 sq km); total area: 150,804 sq mi (390,580 sq km)
Population (2007 est.): 12,311,143 (growth rate: 0.6%); birth rate: 27.7/1000; infant mortality rate: 51.1/1000; life expectancy: 39.8; density per sq mi: 82
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Harare, 2,331,400 (metro. area), 1,919,700 (city proper)
Other large cities: Bulawayo, 965,000; Chitungwiza, 411,700
Monetary unit: Zimbabwean dollar
Languages: English (official), Shona, Ndebele (Sindebele), numerous minor tribal dialects
Ethnicity/race: African 98% (Shona 82%, Ndebele 14%, other 2%), mixed and Asian 1%, white less than 1%
Religions: syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%
Literacy rate: 91% (2003 est.)
Economic summary:
GDP/PPP (2006 est.): $25.36 billion; per capita$ $2,100. Real growth rate: 4%.
Inflation: 976.4% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (yearend 2006 est.). Unemployment: 80%. Arable land: 8%. Agriculture: corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; sheep, goats, pigs. Labor force: 3.96 million; agriculture 66%, services 24%, industry 10% (1996). Industries: mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages. Natural resources: coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals. Exports: $1.766 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing. Imports: $2.055 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels. Major trading partners: South Africa, Switzerland, UK, China, Germany, Botswana (2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 331,700 (2006); mobile cellular: 832,500 (2006). Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998). Radios: 1.14 million (1997). Television broadcast stations: 16 (1997). Televisions: 370,000 (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 6 (2000). Internet users: 1 million (2005).
Transportation: Railways: total: 3,077 km (2002). Highways: total: 97,440 km ; paved: 18,514 km ; unpaved: 78,926 km (2002 est.). Waterways: the Mazoe and Zambezi rivers are used for transporting chrome ore from Harare to Mozambique. Ports and harbors: Binga, Kariba. Airports: 430 (2002) .
International disputes: dormant dispute remains where Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe boundaries converge.
Zibabwe also have natural resources and agricultural crops, even then they have collapsed due to greedy corrupt rulers. Please goahead to have a look into the curent news & country details mentioned hereunder:
Republic of Zimbabwe
Editorial: Where only words are cheap | Comment is free | The Guardian
The Guardian,
Tuesday July 22, 2008
Yesterday's first meeting for 10 years between Robert Mugabe and Morgan
Tsvangirai took place on the day when the Bank of Zimbabwe started issuing
banknotes for 100bn dollars - not enough to buy a loaf of bread
- Note: 1 US Dollar = 30394000000 (30.394Million)Zimbabwe Dollar
and on which fresh allegations surfaced of murder and violence against opposition
supporters. This deepening national disintegration is a far more potent
reality for ordinary Zimbabweans than anything that the political
adversaries have yet been able to muster. The onus is therefore on those who
promoted yesterday's deal to show they are not building a house made of
straw.
As this paper reported yesterday, millions of Zimbabweans have been reduced
to a scorched earth existence merely to survive. Harvest failure, brought on
in part by mishandled land redistribution schemes, has forced many to sell
precious livestock to survive and driven tens of thousands from the land to
the towns and from Zimbabwe to South Africa. Inside Zimbabwe, with its
debauched currency, true survival is only possible for the Zanu-PF
kleptocracy around Mr Mugabe. According to the United Nations, 5 million
people need urgent food aid that Mr Mugabe denies them on the grounds it is
all a colonialist plot. One in three Zimbabweans is malnourished. Food
shortages and inequalities threaten health and livelihood on a scale that
the regime is neither capable of nor interested in combating.
If their needs are to be meaningfully addressed, Zimbabweans will need more
than two men's signatures on a piece of paper - especially when one of those
belongs to Mr Mugabe. This is not to deny that yesterday's meeting is a sign
that the status quo - economically, socially and in the shape of Mr Mugabe's
shamelessly dishonest re-election - is now indefensible. Mr Mugabe and Mr
Tsvangirai would not have met at all if the crisis had still been
subcontracted to South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki. International
pressure from Africa and beyond has combined with mounting domestic
instability to force yesterday's show of joint action. Yesterday's meeting
and agreement, though, are little more than symbols of a preparedness to
talk about a situation that is out of control. It is not a real answer to
the country's needs.
Mr Mugabe's real intentions remain hugely suspect, while even Mr Tsvangirai
dubbed yesterday's meeting merely tentative. That is why the crucial
questions remain those about Mr Mugabe, his network and his regime. They are
the fundamental cause of Zimbabwe's problem and they cannot be part of its
solution except on terms at odds with their own instincts and self-interest.
Until those issues are confronted not ducked, Mr Mugabe's commitment to
change will be as worthless as one of his banknotes.
President: Robert Mugabe (1980)
Current government officials
Land area: 149,293 sq mi (386,669 sq km); total area: 150,804 sq mi (390,580 sq km)
Population (2007 est.): 12,311,143 (growth rate: 0.6%); birth rate: 27.7/1000; infant mortality rate: 51.1/1000; life expectancy: 39.8; density per sq mi: 82
Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Harare, 2,331,400 (metro. area), 1,919,700 (city proper)
Other large cities: Bulawayo, 965,000; Chitungwiza, 411,700
Monetary unit: Zimbabwean dollar
Languages: English (official), Shona, Ndebele (Sindebele), numerous minor tribal dialects
Ethnicity/race: African 98% (Shona 82%, Ndebele 14%, other 2%), mixed and Asian 1%, white less than 1%
Religions: syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%
Literacy rate: 91% (2003 est.)
Economic summary:
GDP/PPP (2006 est.): $25.36 billion; per capita$ $2,100. Real growth rate: 4%.
Inflation: 976.4% official data; private sector estimates are much higher (yearend 2006 est.). Unemployment: 80%. Arable land: 8%. Agriculture: corn, cotton, tobacco, wheat, coffee, sugarcane, peanuts; sheep, goats, pigs. Labor force: 3.96 million; agriculture 66%, services 24%, industry 10% (1996). Industries: mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages. Natural resources: coal, chromium ore, asbestos, gold, nickel, copper, iron ore, vanadium, lithium, tin, platinum group metals. Exports: $1.766 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing. Imports: $2.055 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.): machinery and transport equipment, other manufactures, chemicals, fuels. Major trading partners: South Africa, Switzerland, UK, China, Germany, Botswana (2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 331,700 (2006); mobile cellular: 832,500 (2006). Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 20 (plus 17 repeater stations), shortwave 1 (1998). Radios: 1.14 million (1997). Television broadcast stations: 16 (1997). Televisions: 370,000 (1997). Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 6 (2000). Internet users: 1 million (2005).
Transportation: Railways: total: 3,077 km (2002). Highways: total: 97,440 km ; paved: 18,514 km ; unpaved: 78,926 km (2002 est.). Waterways: the Mazoe and Zambezi rivers are used for transporting chrome ore from Harare to Mozambique. Ports and harbors: Binga, Kariba. Airports: 430 (2002) .
International disputes: dormant dispute remains where Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe boundaries converge.
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