JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Zimbabwe's national unity government faces imminent collapse, due to its failure to get critical financial aid from the international community. Experts have now warned that the government might soon fail to pay its workers, with the potential for serious civil unrest as a result. Zimbabwe needs at least $8.5 billion in financial aid in order to reconstruct its economy. But its appeals have so far drawn blanks due to donors' skepticism over President Robert Mugabe's sincerity in working with the opposition. Even the regional Southern African Development Community (SADC) -- which brokered the accord establishing the unity government and remains its custodian -- has so far failed to produce assistance, despite its approval last month of Zimbabwe's reconstruction plan.
Zimbabwe Unity Government Faces Collapse
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