MacDonald Dzirutwe, Reuters, Author at ACTSA

Zimbabwe tobacco sales down 23.5% after poor rains

Tobacco is the second single biggest foreign currency earner after mining.

It’s relatively rare for diplomatic missions to jointly and publicly criticise their host country.

Part of efforts to reduce excess liquidity that could be used to buy foreign currency and put pressure on the local currency.

Critics accuse the president of resorting to authoritarian tactics.

Human rights groups and lawyers say activists are being arrested, abducted and tortured.