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  • Zimbabwe Army 'Moves Onto The Land'

    12/16/2005 7:38:48 AM PST · by blam · 20 replies · 770+ views
    BBC ^ | 12-16-2005 | Sue Llpyd Roberts
    Zimbabwe army 'moves onto the land' By Sue Lloyd Roberts BBC News Many Zimbabweans are now scavenging for food In an attempt to rescue his failing programme of land redistribution, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is trying to involve the army in a "command agriculture" programme. "Instructions have already been passed onto battalion commanders," a Zimbabwean army major told the BBC. Five years after Mr Mugabe ordered the seizure of the white-owned commercial farms, agricultural production has halved. Mr Mugabe has admitted that the people to whom he gave some 4,000 farms have some responsibility for the country's current problems. "Mugabe...