Big Brother at work: Zimbabwe

Global voices has a report on collecting personal information in Zimbabwe and putting it all in a data base built by China (including using facial recognition software).

what could go wrong? Uh, maybe if you vote wrong, you will find your suburb torn down to punish you, or maybe they will just send "green bombers" to your village to beat you up.

and the UKGuardian notes they are facing severe food shortages which are man made.

sigh.

I was sending money to a friend to pay school fees for her nephews and nieces, but 18 months ago she stopped picking it up and is no longer answering emails. In my prayers.

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