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HARARE - Zimbabwe's government signed a $3.5 billion agreement Wednesday to compensate white farmers displaced during a sometimes-violent land redistribution program two decades ago. The government hopes the deal will attract foreign investment to improve the battered economy, but the country will have to issue long-term bonds and get help from donors to raise the money for the compensation....Mnangagwa said he hoped the agreement would make investors and critics of his government believe that Zimbabwe respects the constitution. However, he ruled out compensating for the actual land taken from the whites and given to peasant farmers. "With regards to the land compensation agreement signed today, my administration reaffirms that the government of Zimbabwe does not have any obligation for compensation for acquired land," he said. "The constitution bids us to compensate [for] all the improvements on land."     By improvements, the president means structures such as dams and buildings that the white commercial farmers made on the land.
Zimbabwe Signs $3.5B Compensation Deal With White Farmershttps://www.voanews.com/africa/zimbabwe-signs-35b-compensation-deal-white-farmersYeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh, the only thing this would inspire me to do wrt Zimbabwe is to get the bleep OUT!
Zimbabwe's government signed a $3.5 billion agreement
With the value of their currency, that amounts about 17 cents.
