Mugabe: Zimbabwe Will Get Out Of Economic Crisis
Nji Che - All Headline News Staff Writer Harare, Zimbabwe (AHN) - Zimbabwe's veteran President, Robert Mugabe, on Thursday announced his government is worried about the economic woes currently plaguing the southern African country. Mugabe blamed the crisis on former colonial master Britain, while promising Zimbabwe would get itself out of the situation. Zimbabwe is faced with its worst economic crisis since it gained independence in 1980. There are food, fuel and foreign currency shortages in the country. The escalating situation has even forced government to start nursing fears of domestic conflicts in the future. Mugabe admitted he was worried about constantly rising consumer prices, a move which has left many Zimbabweans struggling for survival and added to them becoming increasingly angry. Reuters quotes him as saying, "... this is because of the circumstances in which we are, ... circumstances of an economy under siege, an economy which should have had a political environment to protect it from the action of our enemies led by Britain, imposing sanctions on us." He said there were initial government plans to impose a state of emergency to protect Zimbabwe's economy from domestic and foreign "sabotage." The plan was ruled out later because he said the move would have sent a wrong political signal to his opponents at home and abroad. Mugabe admitted the agricultural yield had dropped, but he only blamed the low o |
