BBC Links

Written by captain on July 25th, 2007

Links to women protestors being beaten and tortured. BBC says in this article on Zimbabwe, “Some have been severely beaten while in police custody, in some instances amounting to torture.”

Also mentioned are things such as:

ZIMBABWE CRISIS

 

Inflation: approaching 5,000%

Unemployment: 80%

4m need food aid

Life expectancy: 37 (men), 34 (women)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6914778.stm

This article talks abut Mugabe’s rabid insistance of that the West is behind the downfall of the economyand some future plans for Zimbabwe’s economy. Quote “no company restructuring, merger or acquisition can be approved unless 51% of the firm goes to indigenous Zimbabweans.”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6913148.stm

Here you can find E-mails written by Zimbabweans to their friends and family.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6913148.stm

A page about what life is like in Zimbabwe, a little background and some more.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6441529.stm

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