HARARE, Zimbabwe — The washing machine cycle takes about 45 minutes – and George Washington comes out much cleaner in the Zimbabwe-style l...
PBS Wide Angle | Posted 05.25.2011
Once considered the "breadbasket of Africa," Zimbabwe is now struggling to feed its population. It is estimated that nearly half of Zimbabwe's 11 mill...
CNN | Posted 05.25.2011
Zimbabwe's central bank will introduce a $50 billion note -- enough to buy just two loaves of bread -- as a way of fighting cash shortages amid spiral...
Caroline Gluck | Posted 05.25.2011
2008 was an especially grim year in Zimbabwe -- and prospects for the coming year seem little better. The fact that Zimbabweans were celebrating the new year at all might seem surprising.
CNN | Posted 05.25.2011
Cash-strapped Zimbabwe revealed plans Saturday to circulate $200 million notes, just days after introducing a $100 million bill, Finance Minister Samu...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
Amid Zimbabwe's mind-boggling hyper inflation, a new 100 billion dollar bank note has more value as a novelty item on eBay than on the streets of the ...
AP | ANGUS SHAW | Posted 05.25.2011
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Reeling from the highest inflation rate in the world, barred by the government from using U.S. dollars for purchases, Zimbabw...
AFP | Godfrey Marawanyika | Posted 05.25.2011
Zimbabwe's inflation rate, already the world's highest, hit an astronomical 2.2 million percent Wednesday after Robert Mugabe's re-election in a one-...
LA Times | Posted 05.25.2011
It has come to this: Zimbabwe is about to run out of the paper to print money on. Fidelity Printers & Refiners, the state-owned company that tireless...
Wall Street Journal | David Gaffen | Posted 05.25.2011
A year filled with credit-market turmoil, eight-figure write-downs from the nation's largest financial institutions, shaky guidance from the Federal R...
AP | ANGUS SHAW | Posted 05.25.2011