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Original Post Date: 2008-07-17 Time: 12:00:05 Posted By: Martin_tu
” Throughout history it has been the inaction of those
who could have acted, the indifference of those who
should have known better, the silence of the voice of
justice when it mattered most, that has made it possible
for evil to triumph.” (126)~ Haile Selassie
“I’d buy that for a dollar” -Martin_tu
Zim inflation hits 2,2-million percent
HARARE, ZIMBABWE Jul 16 2008 12:16
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-07-16-zim-inflation-hits-22million-percent
The annual rate of inflation in Zimbabwe, already the highest in the world, has hit a new high of 2,2-million percent, the central bank’s governor revealed on Wednesday.
“Statistics provided by the CSO [central statistical office] indicate that it is now at 2,2 [million percent],” Gideon Gono said in a brief address in Harare ahead of a speech by veteran President Robert Mugabe.
The figure is the first from the authorities in Zimbabwe since the announcement of the rate for February, when it was put at about 165 000%.
The head of the CSO, Moffat Nyoni, confirmed the figure but said it was only a rough barometer as it was based on limited data.
“We can confirm that that is the figure we have given to … users, but that is not the sort of data we would normally publish with confidence because it was not based on the sort of information we would normally use,” Nyoni said.
“The information was based on fewer observations than we would be confident with due to scarcities.
“However, with the information we have managed to obtain, this is the rate of inflation.”
Meanwhile, United States President George Bush said on Tuesday the US was looking at imposing more sanctions against Zimbabwe’s government after a United Nations resolution was torpedoed by Russia and China last week.
A robust US sanctions package is already in place against President Robert Mugabe and other senior Zimbabwean officials and Bush told reporters the US wanted to see if more punitive measures could be effective.
“I think the thing we need to do now is for us to analyse whether or not we can have some more bilateral sanctions on the regime leaders,” Bush told a news conference, adding that he was disappointed by China and Russia’s actions. The proposed UN sanctions that failed last Friday would have imposed an arms embargo on Zimbabwe as well as financial and travel restrictions on Mugabe and 13 other officials.
The State Department’s top diplomat for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, said the Bush administration was actively preparing another round of sanctions that would affect both government entities and individuals. She gave no further details. “The United States will continue its own sanctions and encourage others, especially the European Union, to impose additional sanctions to increase pressure on the Mugabe regime,” Frazer testified to a congressional panel.
In a speech to African leaders at a conference in Washington, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said African nations must do more to make Mugabe accountable for his actions, saying the crisis there was “Africa’s challenge”. Rice referred to the “heartbreaking plight” of the Zimbabwean people due to Mugabe’s actions and his disputed re-election last month, which the West has called a sham. — AFP, Reuters