Airstrip One

One Week Left

The EU have given Mugabe a week to let EU-approved election observers in, or else it's sanctions. Mugabe, meanwhile has released a list of observers who will be allowed in, Brits need not apply. The Matabele are restless, over former Zapu (the Matabele based opposition to Zanu, that's since been swallowed up property leased out to Mugabe's mates. In the first two and a half weeks of 2002 there is reported to have been "Four killings, 22 kidnappings, and 68 reported cases of torture".

The government reportedly wants the youth camps to be made compulsory.