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Zimbabwe
Last update: Friday 10th of September 2010
| Republic of Zimbabwe | |||||
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| Motto: "Unity, Freedom, Work" | |||||
| Anthem: Simudzai Mureza Wedu weZimbabwe (Shona) Kalibusiswe Ilizwe leZimbabwe (Ndebele) "Blessed be the land of Zimbabwe" | |||||
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| Capital | Harare | ||||
| Largest city | Harare | ||||
| Official languages | English | ||||
| Government | Republic | ||||
| - President | Robert Mugabe | ||||
| Independence | |||||
| - Rhodesia | November 11, 1965 | ||||
| - Zimbabwe | April 18, 1980 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 390,757 km² (60th) 150,871 sq mi | ||||
| - Water (%) | 1 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - July 2005 estimate | 13,010,0001 (68th) | ||||
| - Density | 33 /km² (170th) 85 /sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate | ||||
| - Total | $30.581 billion (94th) | ||||
| - Per capita | $2,607 (129th) | ||||
| HDI (2005) |  0.491 (low) (151st) | ||||
| Currency | Dollar (ZWD) | ||||
| Time zone | CAT (UTC+2) | ||||
| - Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+2) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .zw | ||||
| Calling code | +263 | ||||
| 1 Estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS. | |||||
Zimbabwe (IPA: ), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, and formerly Republic of Rhodesia, is a landlocked country in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It borders South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest, and Mozambique to the east. The name Zimbabwe derives from "dzimba dzemabwe" meaning "houses of stone" in the Shona language. Its use as the country's name is a tribute to Great Zimbabwe, site of the capital of the Munhumutapa Empire.
Grace Kwinjeh, a single mom who is very active in the field of women’s rights, was severely beaten and at one stage a policeman took an iron bar to her head. Then you have to look at the case of Morgan Tsvangirai - he was not even arrested on the street. He and his PA went to the Machapisa Police Station to ask what was happening to others who had
After leading his country to economic collapse including a record 1,593% inflation rate, asks citizens to donate $1.2 million dollars for his birthday.
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was in intensive care with a broken skull on Wednesday following what he says was a brutal police attack while in custody, his spokesman said. "He has just had a brain scan because his skull is cracked," spokesman William Bango told Reuters from Tsvangirai's Harare hospital, adding that the opposition l
HARARE, Zimbabwe, March 14 (UPI) -- Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was being examined Wednesday by doctors in Harare for injuries he sustained while in police custody.
ZIMBABWE opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was sent to hospital with a deep headwound and swollen face overnight after he arrived at court with dozens of others arrested during political protests.