IMF restores Zimbabwe's voting rights

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has restored Zimbabwe’s voting rights after a seven-year suspension over failure to pay €950m it owes the organisation and other creditors.

Yesterday’s decision by the IMF constitutes a first step towards endorsement of the economic policies of the coalition government formed a little more than a year ago by President Robert Mugabe and long-time rival prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai.