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Zimbabwe's inflation edging 200%

A year after the election of President Mnangagwa, Zimbabweans suffer soaring food prices

During his presidential campaign, Zimbabwe's leader Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to bring prosperity to the nation. A year later, the Zimbabwean economy is in free fall and inflation has spiked to close to 200 per cent.

After researching the Ebola virus for over fifty years, Dr Jean Jacque Muyembe and his team have announced a new cure that has proved effective in curing 90% of Ebola patients when symptoms are reported early.

Former First Lady of Somaliland, Edna Adan Ismail, presents her new book "A Woman of Firsts - The midwife who built a hospital and changed the world", and speaks out against FGM.

(Photo: A customer takes a close look at prices while shopping in a groceries store in Harare on July 15, 2019. Credit: JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images)

53 minutes

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Tue 13 Aug 201917:06GMT

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  • Tue 13 Aug 201917:06GMT

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