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UN Estimates 700,000 Left Homeless in Zimbabwe

HeadlineJul 26, 2005

This news from Zimbabwe… the United Nations is estimating that 700,000 people have been left without homes or their livelihood following the government’s effort to destroy slum areas. The UN estimates another 2.4 million people have been affected by the campaign. The report called the program a “disastrous venture” that was being carried out “with indifference to human suffering.” The Zimbabwe government has defended its moves as a needed clean-up of the nation’s slums but critics said the program is politically motivated. Most of the homes destroyed belonged to opponents of Robert Mugabe’s government. On Monday, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said he had accepted an invitation from Mugabe to travel to Zimbabwe to witness firsthand what is happening.

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