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This report on Zimbabwe offers background on the political situation in the country since the power sharing agreement between Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai was completed in January 2009. The report details the challenges facing Zimbabwe's government including monetary inflation, politically motivated violence, human rights abuses, attacks against immigrants and the cholera outbreak of summer 2009. The author further examines the reactions of the US, UK, EU, the African Union, the Southern African Development Community and South Africa to the situation in Zimbabwe.