Today: Sunday, March 21, 2010


Zimbabwe in the classroom

Last update: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 18:43 | © Metro Éireann

Seán Bracken, lecturer in development and intercultural education at the Marino Institute of Education, explains how Metro Éireann’s development supplements can be a useful study tool for teachers and students alike

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Vox Pop: Zimbabweans gives their views on life in Ireland

Last update: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 18:43 | © Metro Éireann

“I am originally from Bulawayo and I came to Ireland in August 2000. Coming here was a big culture shock for me – every-thing was so different, from the weather to the people.

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Together in grief and happiness

Last update: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 18:42 | © Metro Éireann

Until recently, funerals were the principal occasions when Ireland’s Zimbabweans would get together. But with the formation of a new group representing all Zimbabweans living in Ireland, more community events are set to follow, writes Viktor Posudnevsky

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On the line from Harare

Last update: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 18:41 | © Metro Éireann

Most Zimbabweans are living in extreme poverty, and state services like health and education are now virtually defunct. The grim reality emerges as Viktor Posudnevsky talks to one woman who is struggling to survive in Harare

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From riches to rags

Last update: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 18:41 | By: Viktor Posudnevsky

Zimbabwe was hailed as Africa’s success story when it declared independence in 1980. The economy was growing and the country was among the most prosperous on the continent. Yet just 30 years later, the ‘bread basket of Africa’ is in a state of total economic collapse. How did it get to this, asks Viktor Posudnevsky.

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Meet the despot: Robert Mugabe

Last update: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 18:39 | © Metro Éireann

Robert Gabriel Mugabe was born in 1924 and raised a Roman Catholic, studying under an Irish priest Fr Jerome O’Shea. Mugabe trained as a teacher in the then white-ruled Rhodesia, and later obtained six more degrees in subjects ranging from business to science, all of them through distance learning. The future president had plenty of time on his hands.

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A country on the brink

Last update: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 18:39 | © Metro Éireann

The global credit crunch is spreading ‘doom and gloom’ around the world, but nowhere is the situation as dire as in Zimbabwe. Viktor Posudnevsky reviews the latest developments in the southern African country

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