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A year ago the economy of Zimbabwe was in free fall. Stores in the African nation were empty, and the economy ravaged by hyper-inflation. A new government of national unity has brought some stability: it phased out the worthless national currency, but that move has spawned new problems. Ish Mafundikwa reports from Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare.

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