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'Zimbabwe's economy will shrink further' says finance minister

Since June prices of basic goods and services have more than doubled

Zimbabwe's economic outlook is set to become bleaker - with the country's finance minister saying the economy will shrink even more. We hear from a Zimbabwean economist.

Plus, Ugandan academic Stella Nyanzi is sentenced to eighteen months for cyber harassment. Her lawyer tells us it was not a fair trial.

Also, massive floods in Sierra Leone wash away shipping containers in the port and trap drivers in their cars.

(Photo: Finance Minister of Zimbabwe, Mthuli Ncube, gestures during an interview at the World Economic Forum's 2019 annual meeting. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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23 minutes