FORWARD : News: "Out of Africa: Zimbabwean Jewry Faces Extinction
Political Crisis Hits Home as Hunger Spreads
By DAVID SAKS
FORWARD CORRESPONDENT
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Political turmoil in neighboring Zimbabwe is threatening southern Africa's second-largest Jewish community with extinction.
Zimbabwe, once the breadbasket of sub-Saharan Africa, has rapidly become a basket case in recent years, as the regime of President Robert Mugabe has resorted to ever more extreme measures to remain in power. Political repression is rampant, the economy is in tatters and hunger is widespread."
[FOR FULL STORY - CLICK HERE]
(THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN JULY 11, 2003 )
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment