Zimbabweans dance for SADC leaders arriving in Harare on October 27, 2008. Leaders of a Southern African bloc gathered today in Zimbabwe to press President Robert Mugabe and the main opposition leader to break an impasse on forming a unity government. The security organ of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) organised the summit in Harare after Tsvangirai boycotted talks one week ago in Swaziland, to protest delays in receiving his travel papers from Mugabe's government.
Zimbabweans dance for SADC leaders arriving in Harare on October 27, 2008. Leaders of a Southern African bloc gathered today in Zimbabwe to press President Robert Mugabe and the main opposition leader to break an impasse on forming a unity government. The security organ of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) organised the summit in Harare after Tsvangirai boycotted talks one week ago in Swaziland, to protest delays in receiving his travel papers from Mugabe's government.
Zimbabweans dance for SADC leaders arriving in Harare on October 27, 2008. Leaders of a Southern African bloc gathered today in Zimbabwe to press President Robert Mugabe and the main opposition leader to break an impasse on forming a unity government. The security organ of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) organised the summit in Harare after Tsvangirai boycotted talks one week ago in Swaziland, to protest delays in receiving his travel papers from Mugabe's government.
A father and son are seen eating their one meal of the day in Harare, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Zimbabweans are struggling with the world's highest official inflation rate of 231 million percent. The U.N. predicts half the population will need food aid by next year.
Two young children carry firewood for cooking in Epworth, near Harare, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Roads, power and water services, schools and hospitals are deteriorating. Food, gasoline and medicine are scarce, and even if Zimbabweans could find goods in the stores, they could afford to buy little with official inflation of 231 million percent, the highest in the world.
Phai Munaingo, left who lives with his family of four children watches his wife prepare a meal in Epworth, near Harare, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Food, gasoline and medicine are scarce, and even if Zimbabweans could find goods in the stores, they could afford to buy little with official inflation of 231 million percent, the highest in the world.
A young boy drives his toy wire car while carrying a cabbage for the evening meal in Epworth, near Harare, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Roads, power and water services, schools and hospitals are deteriorating. Food, gasoline and medicine are scarce, and even if Zimbabweans could find goods in the stores, they could afford to buy little with official inflation of 231 million percent, the highest in the world.
A young girl carries firewood for cooking in Epworth, near Harare, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Roads, power and water services, schools and hospitals are deteriorating. Food, gasoline and medicine are scarce, and even if Zimbabweans could find goods in the stores, they could afford to buy little with official inflation of 231 million percent, the highest in the world.
Phai Munaingo, left, who lives with his wife and four children, is seen in front of their one room makeshift home in Epworth, near Harare, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Roads, power and water services, schools and hospitals are deteriorating. Food, gasoline and medicine are scarce, and even if Zimbabweans could find goods in the stores, they could afford to buy little with official inflation of 231 million percent, the highest in the world.
In this photo supplied by Four Paws the carcass of an elephant lies in the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe Sunday Oct. 19, 2008. Once known for its natural beauty and wealth of wildlife, Zimbabwe's economic crisis and lack of drinking water for the elephants has left authorities battling to maintain the reserve. Poaching is increasing as hungry Zimbabweans look for alternative sources of food.
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