Crisis Area: Zimbabwe.

Article 1: History of Zimbabwe In 1834, there were conflicts between the Ndebele and the Rozwi and in the end the Ndebele were victorious after assassinating the Rozwi leader. Meanwhile, European gold seekers and ivory hunters were moving into Shona and Ndebele territory. The best known of these was Cecil John Rhodes who led heavy-handed white settlers in. By 1895, the new country was being referred to as Rhodesia and a white legislature was set up. Tension between …

…to the detriment of the country's future. An American economics professor, Robert Nelson of Maryland University, spent six months as a research associate at Zimbabwe's University. His conclusion is unnoticeable. "I think the Zimbabwe economy will continue to go down the tubes until they get some political stability and, as long as Mugabe is there, that's not going to happen," he said. "He's sacrificing the welfare of his fellow Zimbabweans but doesn't seem to care."