Zimbabwe has become a tragedy of modern Africa. Normal social and economic activity is swallowed up by survival
strategies and 40 percent of Zimbabwe's population is likely to require food
aid in 2009. The political mediation process has largely failed, with intimidation and horrific violence obliterating any space for democratic expression.
HARARE, Jul 14 (OneWorld) - In the run up to the one man run-off
election in Zimbabwe, I attended a ZANU-PF rally in Harare, and as soon
as I arrived I realized how Zimbabwe had been run down.