Zimbabwe Crisis

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - Region: Africa Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka course: History language: English abstract: The last one decade has not been a happy ten years for Zimbabweans who have had to grapple with the ogres of hunger diseases run-away inflation and uncertainty of body-politic.The crisis which has made their country a pathetic headline in international media broadcasts is not letting up; neither are the efforts being made by Mugabe's friends such as China having the desired impacts. The brooding visage of this crisis have triggered speculations about the country becoming a failed state . For example in 2008 the U.S Ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGee lamented that the country was rapidly deteriorating into failed-state status.1 Of course these speculations are not unreasonably alarmist because she has already manifested all the known symptoms of state bankruptcy. Inflation has gone out of control; there is anomie with the people being so unsure what to do with the remainder of their life; famine is endemic HIV/AIDS is having a field day; and political leadership is atomized with the members of the coalition government pulling in different directions.