Week of Oct. 4, 2008
Then and NowDescription
In mid September, Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai signed a power sharing agreement that could help end the country's political strife and bring about economic recovery. Zimbabwe is racked with 80% unemployment and an annual inflation rate of 11 million percent.
For the first time in two years, reporter Tendai Maphosa returned to his native Zimbabwe where he is shocked at the lack of food in the supermarkets, the prices people pay for basic commodities, and how they cope in an economic nightmare. It’s a Reporter's Notebook from a country that doesn’t like outside reporters.