Conflicts - Zimbabwe
Thursday 30 June at 11.00pm
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Ten years ago, Zimbabwe was one of Africa's biggest success stories and
a major food exporter.
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Now, the economy's in tatters and the country's been scarred by controversial seizures of white farms and political intimidation.
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The youth militia has been accused of raping and beating up people at
will, and nine farmers have been murdered in attempts to force them off
land.
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Tony Blair lays the blame on the 81-year-old President Robert Mugabe
for Zimbabwe's ills; Mugabe's just returned for his sixth term in office
and he says it is all Britain's fault.
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Conflicts looks at why things have gone wrong in the home of the famous
Victoria Falls.
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Conflicts - Sudan
Thursday 7 July at 11.00pm
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In 2003, the world's newest civil war erupted in the Darfur region of
Sudan.
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