The United States and others have placed economic and other sanctions on the Mugabe government, whose land appropriation policies coincided with a massive decline in the economy.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

"Even though we have slowed the loss of jobs,and today's report on the continued decline in unemployment claims is a hopeful sign, the economic growth that we have seen has not led to the job growth that we desperately need,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.12