Zimbabwe: Australia to pump $ 10 million

  1. Posted on Thursday 12 March 2009 - 09:35
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    Sam Banda Jnr, AfricaNews reporter in Blantyre, Malawi
    Zimbabwe has received another flicker of hope as Australia has promised to pump in $ 10 million for various developmental operations. Australia's foreign minister Stephen Smith was quoted in a statement as saying that the money will be given to Zimbabwe's PM Tsvangirai to restore various services.
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    Smith further said that the money will help expand assistance beyond current humanitarian aid.

    Tsvangirai who was involved in an accident over the weekend where his wife died has appealed for support from well wishers ever since he joined a unity government.

    He called on people in the country to bury their differences and work together to put Zimbabwe back in shape.

    Tsvangirai has also promised the nation that he would put the economy back in shape.

    The southern African country is in economic problems and its inflation has increased tremendously.

    Prices of food and goods have increased in the country forcing many Zimbabweans to trek to neighbouring countries mostly South Africa in search of greener pasture.

    A few months ago teachers in the country refused to go back to school calling on the government to pay them in US dollars.

    The once mighty nation of Africa has also been hit hard by a cholera outbreak which has killed over 3,500 people.

    A Reuters report quoted Smith as saying his country recognizes that there are risks in the southern African nation and that something has to be done.

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