Zimbabwe

Divisions in British government over arms to Zimbabwe

By Chris Talbot, January 26, 2000

The Labour government is to allow shipments of spare parts for Hawk fighter aircraft used by the Zimbabwean regime in the Congo war. Britain had imposed an unofficial arms embargo against Zimbabwe ove...

IMF tightens the screws on Zimbabwe

By Jean Shaoul, August 18, 1999

After months of withholding finance, bringing Zimbabwe to the brink of collapse, the International Monetary Fund has finally agreed to provide a 14-month standby loan of US$193 million. This is to ena...