Zimbabweans are suffering the world’s highest inflation rate, chronic shortages of food and fuel, and a steep decline in life expectancy. With results from Saturday’s election expected at any moment, we look at what the future holds for Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe Election 2008
Zimbabweans are suffering the world's highest inflation rate, chronic shortages of food and fuel, and a steep decline in life expectancy. With results from Saturday's election expected at any moment, we look at what the future holds for Zimbabwe.
Guests:
Heidi Holland , journalist and author of "Dinner with Mugabe: The Untold Story of a Freedom Fighter Who Became a Tyrant"
Michelle D. Gavin, adjunct fellow for Africa at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of a recent council special report on a post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
Violet Gonda, Knight fellow at Stanford University and producer for SW Radio Africa, a Zimbabwe radio station