Zimbabwe's political crisis staggers on, but the untold story is that the agricultural economy is recovering well. In-depth research in Masvingo province shows that despite abuses and corruption in land reform, there have also been successful results from land-...
Dot Keet explains how IMF and World Bank policies have brought about the current food crisis in Africa, and why food sovereignty and local production are necessary to secure long term food security.
South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki desperately did not want Zimbabwe to be debated by the United Nations, he prefers "African solutions for Africa's problems".
That is obviously an admirable and also the right sentiment. The problem is that, in the case of Zimbabwe, it has not worked....