Zimbabwe’s inflation has passed the one million percent barrier, according to independent figures today.

Hundreds of police were deployed in the Zimbabwean capital Harare today and army units were reportedly on standby before a two-day strike called by critics of President Robert Mugabe to protest his clampdown on street traders and slum dwellers.

The suffering of Zimbabwean children is being forgotten in a stand-off over politics and aid, the UN Children’s Fund said today.

Nearly half the population of Zimbabwe is facing hunger and needs food assistance as the country's food emergency deepens, a famine early warning group reported today.