Desperate Zimbabwe out of financial options amid Covid-19
The country is largely being ignored by international funders due to its past bad record of repayment and governance failures
05 May 2020 - 13:10
On April 2, Zimbabwean finance minister Mthuli Ncube wrote to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other leading multilateral lenders pleading for help.
More than half the population needs food aid; the economy collapsed even before the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic; and the country’s health service is in tatters, he said. To date, he’s had no response...
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