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Harare among the 10 least liveable cities in the world

Zimbabwe capital Harare is one of the ten least liveable cities in the world according to the latest ranking by the Economist Intelligence unit.

It is ranked 133 out of the 140 cities included in the study which looks at stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure.

Harare is, however, in the top ten of the cities that have shown the greatest improvement over the last five years. It is actually number three among the best improved, coming after Tehran and Dubai.

The most liveable city in the world is Melbourne and the least liveable is Damascus.

 

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The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.

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