1. Zimbabwe Current Events By Peter Baldwin

2. Olympics Kristy Coventry Athens (2004) Won Gold, Silver, And Bronze Last Zimbabwe Medals In 1980 (Women’s Hockey) Zimbabwe’s Best Chance For Medals Other athletes: Chris Felgate Ngoni Makusha (long-jumper, In Top 10 In The World) Brian Dzingai and Talkmore Nyongani (Relay Sprinters) Has Broken Multiple World Records (200m backstroke)

3. Politics Candidates Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai (Favorites) Simba Makoni (Third Candidate) Party: Robert Mugabe (ZANU-PF=Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front) Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC=Movement for Democratic Change) Simba Makoni (independent) First round: RM 43.2%, MT 47.9%, and SM 8.3% Second Round: RM 85.5%, MT 9.3% Violence Causes Morgan Tsvangirai To Drop Out Robert Mugabe Re-elected (Sworn In June 29, 2008)

4. Crisis And Epidemics Food and Economic Crisis Government Mismanagement HIV/AIDS epidemic HIV/AIDS rampant in Zimbabwe (no treatments) Drought No Rain Currency Inflation: 150,000% Dec. 2007 11,200,000% July 2008 Introduced new 100 billion dollar note Buying From Neighboring Countries

5. Crisis And Epidemics Cont. Human Rights ZANU-PF taking rights Attacks by police Media abuse