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As Its Economy Worsens, Zimbabwe Teeters on the Edge of Chaos
Dec 5, 2019 | 10:00 GMT
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Highlights
- President Emmerson Mnangagwa's attempts to attract more foreign investment into Zimbabwe's mining sector could eventually help relieve the country's dire economic crisis.
- In the meantime, dire revenue shortages and spiraling inflation will increase the risk of destabilizing protests and labor strikes, as well as potential power struggles within the government.