Zimbabwe's crisis: local and global contexts
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Date
2009
Authors
Lyons, Tanya Julie
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African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP)
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Abstract
In this 29th year of Zimbabwe's independence, the Zimbabwean dollar is near
worthless, with one hundred trillion buying only AUD$4. There is evidence
that state sanctioned violence and killings continue in the country despite the
progress of the new government of national unity, and Mugabe's calls for
'national healing.' Australia has only slightly downgraded its travel warning to
the country while 254 Zimbabweans remain subjected to 'travel and financial
sanctions' in Australia. The Australian government website on Zimbabwe has
yet to update its list of Heads of Government for Zimbabwe to include Morgan
Tsvangirai as Prime Minister (www.dfat.gov.au/geo/zimbabwe/index.html),
while Mugabe is still saluted as "Your Excellency". When he was Shadow
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kevin Rudd once criticised the Howard
government for achieving no gains in the Zimbabwean crisis. Now as Prime
Minister, will Rudd be able to put Africa and indeed Zimbabwe onto
Australia's agenda?
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Economics, African politics, Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, Violence
Citation
Lyons, T.J., 2009. Zimbabwe's crisis: local and global contexts. The Australasian Review of African Studies, 30(1), 3-7.