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Poverty declines- Poverty has declined significantly since the formation of the inclusive government in 2009, a report released by Afrobarometer today said. “Following the disputed and highly flawed 2008 election, a government of national unity was put into place,” the survey stated. “The previous opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, gained control of the Ministry of Finance. One apparent result of this ‘peace dividend’ was a rapid fall in lived poverty…”

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The Insider is back and here are some of the stories that you may have missed since we can back on Friday. It had been a long break.

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Forget the hype or the Look East policy. Zimbabwe is still doing more business with the European Union than with China despite the economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the EU, according to Vice-President Joice Mujuru.

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African government and business leaders as well as experts are to meet in Johannesburg for three days from tomorrow to discuss regional integration and its role in boosting growth and human well being on the continent.

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Filthy sanctions-President Robert Mugabe today berated the United States, Britain and their allies for trying to control his nation and its resources, telling them to remove their “illegal and filthy sanctions”. “Shame, shame, shame to the United States of America. Shame, shame, shame to Britain and its allies. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans, so are its resources. Please remove your illegal and filthy sanctions from my peaceful country,” Mugabe said at the United Nations. “Our small and peaceful country is threatened daily by covetous and bigoted big powers whose hunger for domination and control of other nations and their resources knows no bounds.”

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ZANU-PF given green light- The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front given been given the green light to operate freely in Britain, reports said today. Mark Simmonds announced in a statement that ZANU-PF members were now free to operate in the UK without hindrances.”There would be no bar on your activities here in the UK, provided you do not contravene UK law, as is the case for any political party,” he said.

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