FOCUS ON ZIMBABWE -- FOCUS ON ZIMBABWE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ZIMBABWE* -- ABSTRACT -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- March 2007 Arrests -- South African Mediation -- March 2008 Elections -- BACKGROUND -- POLITICAL SITUATION -- Parliamentary Elections 2005 -- Election-Related Violence -- Charges of Election Rigging -- Election Observers -- Restrictions on Political Freedoms -- 2005 Senate Elections -- Presidential Succession -- The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) -- Origins of the MDC -- Treason Charges -- Division in the Opposition -- Opposition Defiance Against a Ban on Protests and Rallies -- Political Violence -- HUMANITARIAN SITUATION -- Operation Murambatsvina -- Zimbabwe's Food Crisis -- HIV/AIDS -- THE ECONOMY -- The IMF and the World Bank -- Attempts to Revive Agriculture Industry -- The Mining Industry and Nationalization of Foreign Companies -- "Look East" Policy -- The Military and the Economy -- INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES -- U.S. Policy -- Sanctions -- Congressional Response -- U.S. Support for African Diplomacy -- U.S. Assistance -- Other International Perspectives -- United Kingdom -- European Union -- Commonwealth -- China and Iran -- South Africa -- The African Union -- SADC -- PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE -- REFERENCES -- ZIMBABWE: 2008 ELECTIONS ANDIMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY* -- ABSTRACT -- MARCH 2008 ELECTIONS -- Election Preparations -- Alleged Vote Buying -- Pre-Election Violence -- Election Monitoring -- Press Restrictions -- ELECTION RESULTS -- Parliament -- The Presidency -- Runoff Elections Called -- Coalition Government? -- Post-Election Violence -- INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS -- The Southern African Development Community (SADC) -- The African Union (AU) -- South Africa -- The United Nations -- U.S. POLICY ON ZIMBABWE -- Current U.S. Policy -- U.S. Assistance -- Congressional Interest -- POLICY OPTIONS -- Diplomatic Pressure.

Humanitarian Assistance -- Economic Recovery -- Accountability and Reform -- REFERENCES -- PROFILE -- Official Name -- Geography -- People -- Government -- Economy -- PEOPLE AND HISTORY -- Early History -- British Settlement and Administration -- Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) -- Post-UDI Events -- Zimbabwe Since Independence -- FOREIGN RELATIONS -- GOVERNMENT -- Principal Government Officials -- ECONOMY -- ENERGY RESOURCES -- DEFENSE -- U.S.-ZIMBABWEAN RELATIONS -- TRAVEL AND BUSINESS INFORMATION -- Further Electronic Information -- INDEX.