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2020 Marked by Economic and Health Crises in Zimbabwe

Anita Powell

   JOHANNESBURG - 2020 has been especially tough for Zimbabwe, hitting the
   landlocked African nation with a triple whammy of growing political
   tensions and repression, a shattered economy further hamstrung by
   international sanctions, and a global pandemic.

   For a year, Joy Mabenge, a political analyst and also country director
   of ActionAid Zimbabwe, has watched the coronavirus take his country
   from dire to disastrous. When the pandemic hit, he said, it found a
   beleaguered nation.

   "We have had a political crisis in the country," says Mabenge. "We have
   had an economic crisis. We have a humanitarian crisis in terms of the
   food insecurity situation here in Zimbabwe. And, of course you would
   also appreciate that last year, certain parts of the country were also
   hit by a cyclone, the latest being Cyclone Idai.

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