NEW YORK — Zimbabwe is a problematic state. Once the breadbasket of Africa, the country's population is now suffering the consequences of government policies that have seriously harmed their health and quality of life.
With inflation rates at an unprecedented 231 million percent and rising, the country is trapped in a political impasse that hinders humanitarian relief. Urgent measures are needed to avoid catastrophe.
Hopes for a political settlement following the power-sharing agreement between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai are on the verge of collapse because of the inability of these adversaries to agree on which one should control the most important ministries.