to zimbabwe now where white farmers can now apply to get back nancy's when robert mugabe was president more than 4000 farmers were forced from their land almost 20 years ago said the f a ruling party's policy was to undo the racist inheritance of colonial era. actions provoked international sanctions which are blamed for destroying the zimbabwean economy. has more from. well one president in with them and then took over from robert mugabe in 2017 he was under a lot of pressure from many wakin government to implement reforms economic reforms human rights reforms in terms of making sure people have the right to protection of property and the rule of law and to deal with the issue of government and not trying to raise more than $3000000000.00 to compensate whites the bobbin farmers who lost their land during the land reform programme the farmers who are currently farming about $200.00 of them they're going to be. 99 year leases and in foreign white farmers who were here because of bilateral trade agreements for example if they lost their land they have the right to apply for that land and

they show of who owns the land in zimbabwe is controversial 2 decades ago former president robert mugabe violently evicted thousands of white farmers and gave the properties to black families has said it was to address colonial imbalances but critics argue the policy destroyed the economy. this successor amateur. appears to be trying to make amends his government says 14 white farmers can apply to have the land back or be given a different plot it follows an agreement in july to pay 3500000000 dollars in compensation meninga were 1st made the promise into 1017 just after president mugabe was forced from office was really. very aware of own homes. for a very large they're not very birth where government is going to go to god bless everybody from earth from moving. there is a law. the 1st term to distribute land more fairly started in 1980 that was when zimbabwe gained independence from white minority rule and most arab land was owned by white farmers under the policy of the government did not force the sale of land but into a 1000 former president mugabe began forcibly seizing areas from

and one guy trying to pivot away from the legacy of robert mugabe what is he just doing this. for the international reputation of his own country i don't have to look at you and look at to see it is that a president of the land and one is governments as you not only ever granted themselves as that as the 2nd republic you know you look at the optics to say yes. as the 2nd government scientists distinctly defense yet it sounds from. one of them and then call the 1st public and about and got it where it is say the we are the 2nd public we have to be seen to be doing things differently being the people who are obeying a and out of all of that data sets up the law and it's meant to market whether they don't they're trying to do is to say this is the law of the land in zimbabwe or in the constitution and it has been since i didn't write it and when that out is consistent i know that dr epps. may 20th bedsit not as i meant to think the sense of the people over what it actually what did yes so it wasn't all the lonely up tooled up of the new constitution us about with the constitution

white farmers in zimbabwe can now apply to get back to london seized when robert mugabe was president more than 4000 farmers were forced from the land almost 20 years ago said its policy was to undo the racist inheritance of colonial era land grabs the defections provoked international sanctions which are blamed for destroying the economy. has more from. president. robert mugabe 2017 he was under a lot of pressure from a new way in government to implement reforms it canonical forms human rights reforms in terms of making the right to protection of property and the rule of law and to deal with the issue of land government is not trying to raise more than $3000000000.00 to compensate white. doing the land reform program the. 100 of them they are going to be. 99 year leases and in. and white farmers who were here because of bilateral trade agreements for example if they lost their land they have the right to apply for that land and if it cannot be a way black people have been you stated on that land those people will then be moved to other parts of the country not with the divisive issue

and zimbabwe's government says white farmers whose land was seized on the robert mugabe can now try to get back. to. hello september starts the climatological autumn not the actual autumn and it looks very much like the actual autumn is trying to come into much of europe the real heat is is kept in the east here bucharest 34 when you come back to vienna at 2121 we've dropped quite a few degrees recently and the junction of this hot and cooler weather has produced some significant rain in poland or. yesterday i was producing some in the baltic some ball to get the members about extents in southern sweden now there is sunshine around in most places elsewhere to be ours is just that some of the heat is lead to way and wind is a frequent visit to the british isles and will be to norway and denmark during thursday but the big wandering thunderstorms now they are a rarity the trying to get into ukraine and remain yeah but i think they're very spouse at the moment if we jump says for the sunshine of measuring and most of north africa the certainly enough wind to pick up the dust in places but

reporter: fighting talk by then president robert mugabe.is policyreturn man to blacks as a remedy for colonial era atlanticbs g there are more black formers on questionnow, but the of ownership remains a divisive e or than 20 years on, and the government is still trying to interests and internationalcal obligations. farms protected under bilateral investment protection agreements were passed down in violation of local laws, and now these families are being moved. >> really don't liket. this is zimbabwe. this is our land. reporter: they say they were sure that e takeover was gal. they have raisedhiren and families. >> i don' think our government can say wean go back. i don't think so. >> we are working for the government and we don't hear anything new. reporter: but there are greater forces at play. international court judgments demand that the land is restored or hundrs of millions of dollars are paid in damages. >> the government of zimbabwe will fulfill its international obligation i do not believe anything will happen overnight. reporter

now white farmers in zimbabwe can apply to get back land seized when robert mugabe was president more than 4000 farmers were forced from their land almost 20 years ago gabi then said zanu p.f. policy was to undo the racist inheritance of colonial era land grabs their vacations provoked international sanctions which are blamed for destroying the economy. has more from the capital harare. well when president in with them and then took over from robert mugabe in 2017 he was under a lot of pressure from many ways in government to implement reforms economic reforms human rights reforms in terms of making sure people have the right to protection of property and the rule of law and to deal with the issue of the government is not trying to raise more than 3000000000 dollars to compensate whites and bob in farmers who lost their land during the land reform program the farmers who are currently farming about $200.00 of them they're going to be offered 99 year leases and in foreign white farmers who were here because of bilateral trade agreements for example if they lost their land they have the

and in view their move to compensate former white farmers is that a vessel of former president robert mugabe reforms you know now we are anxious and it is painful to lose learned that we have settled we have been here for a long time and we can't contemplate going back to where we came from we cannot imagine starting again we have invested in this place and we cannot allow that energy in time to go to waste you know. there's a bubble in government sees a black farmers have nothing to worry about and that will thirty's are just implementing the law and not reversing the gains of the countries leverage and was known as the 1st and 2nd. this is not the. reform program. was the prime cause for the for. the 1st 3 clinton reform program that we undertook to really know we wanted. to do that aspect. according to a government state to a body proper assist man's will be mad to before competition can be concede that agriculture was once the big one of the economy but went into freefall after the whites killed grabbing land from white farmers black farmers who then took over their land often had lead t

prehensile in view their move to compensate former white farmers is a reversal of former president robert mugabe reforms you know not. we feel anxious and it is painful to lose learned that we have settled we have been here for a long time and we can't contemplate going back to where we came from we cannot imagine starting again we have invested in this place and we cannot allow that energy in time to go to waste you know. when government sees a black farmers have nothing to worry about and that was just implementing the law and not reversing the gains of the country was known as the 1st and 2nd chimurenga this is no. reform program. was the prime cause for the for. the 1st 3 clinton reform program that we undertook to really know we wanted. to correlate that aspect according to a government state to the body proper assessments would be mad to before competition can be considered agriculture was once the big one of the economy but went into freefall after the widescale grabbing of land from white farmers black farmers who then took over the land often had lead to experience in commercial farming

white farmers in zimbabwe can applied to get back the land seized when robert mugabe was president more than 4000 farmers were forced off their land almost 20 years ago said he'd been undoing the racist inhabitants of colonial era a land grabs those are the headlines coming up next it's inside story good bye. 25000000 people have now tested positive for covert 19 of the welt but health officials are also battling against online conspiracy theory. and untested so how do we fight a pandemic of misinformation this story. hello and welcome to this special edition of inside story in collaboration with the doha forum and unesco. all the coronavirus fund demick has forced all of us to take a step back from our daily routines we now spend more time at home working remotely and relying on the internet for the latest updates on the virus but there's also been an unprecedented rise in misinformation online and on social media platforms everything from miracle cures the origins of the virus and even the existence of the virus have been questions conspiracy theories have even led to injuries and dea

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delegation has visited zimbabwe since 2017 when president immiscible and al gore took over from robert mugabe and expectations were high waltzer africa's president to help in zimbabwe is economic and political crisis senior officials in the a.n.c. governing party made members here when they made it clear this meeting was between friends 2 former liberation parties. we want to do what we can engage in because zimbabwe is a sort of calm independent calm. and therefore as friends for a telegram. we have one member standing there will remember us the number of the route the main opposition m.d.c. alliance accuses only of abductions torture and risk and see official say they will leave the violence there's a but they also say they will come back to meet other players from human rights organizations to civil society organizations to leverage needs a more stable zimbabwe as it's nearly system is more than 3 millions of are with a living inside africa at the moment many of them and documented and they are competing with. for status that begins whole scares jobs and the south. the u.n. security counci

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apprehensive and in view their move to compensate former white farmers is a reversal of former president robert mugabe's reforms you know now we feel anxious and it is painful to lose lent that we have settled we have been here for a long time and we can't contemplate going back to where we came from we cannot imagine starting again we have invested in this place and we cannot allow that energy in time to go to waste you know. this is about when government sees a black farmers have nothing to worry about and that will thirty's i just implementing the law and not reversing the gains of the country was known as the 1st and 2nd. this is not to. reform. was the prime cause for. the 1st 3 clinton reform program that we undertook to really know we wanted. to correlate that aspect according to a government state to the body proper assessments will be mad to before competition can be considered agriculture was once the big one of the economy but went into freefall after the wide scale grabbing of land from white farmers black farmers who then took over the land often had lead to experience in commercial farming

post-election violence where the people were displaced many who were killed they managed to force robert mugabeand the been opposition to them what to form a government of national unity hope that could maybe try and do something similar with this time around. in harare thank you very much for that. qatar's emir has stressed the need for a fair resolution to the israeli palestinian conflict through the pursuit of a 2 state solution i mean been hammered all funny hall said president trump senior adviser jared cushion on wednesday who has made a visit to qatar during his tour of the middle east is looking to gain the support of more arab nations after announcing the u.s. brokered deal to normalize relations between the u.a.e. and israel. to cambodia now where the khmer rouge executioner who killed thousands of come bowden's in the 1970 s. has died 77 year old comrades dory close serving a life sentence for atrocities committed in the notorious mass murder when he reports. it was here in the capital of cambodia that comrade committed crimes against humanity told sleighing prison in phnom penh was

delegation has visited zimbabwe since 2017 when president immiscible and al gore took over from robert mugabe and exit ations were high walls of their previous presidents to help in the bobbies economic and political crisis senior officials in the a.n.c. governing party met members here from where they made it clear this meeting was between friends 2 former liberation parties. who want to do what we can engage in because zimbabwe is a sort of. independent in the article and and therefore as friends for a telegram is issues we continue. to ensure that we have one member in terms of the member was the number sure we have agreed that the main opposition m.d.c. alliance accuses only of abductions torture and race and see official say they will leave the violence there's a but they also say they will come back to meet other players from human rights organizations to civil society organizations to leverage needs a more stable zimbabwe at this nearly system is more than 3 millions of are with a living in south africa at the moment many of them and documented and they are competing with frustrations

why farmers in zimbabwe can now apply to reclaim land seized when robert mugabe was president over 4000 farmers were forced from their land almost 20 years ago garbo said the policy was to undo the racist inheritance of land grabs in the colonial area but the evictions provoked international sanctions which are blamed for destroying the economy. the sister of paul recess a beginner who protected hundreds of people during the rwandan genocide on 2 story was turned into the hollywood film hotel rwanda says he was kidnapped well into by it's us a big you know was paraded in front of cameras in handcuffs on monday he's been living in exile and is known to be a fierce critic of president paul kagame his government you thought he said he's being held for forming and leading what they call terrorist movements. still has the program what have action from day 2 of the u.s. open tennis york in schools weekly. plus dining with a difference how keen troublous and nigeria can still get an in-flight experience despite the coronavirus and i'm not down. again i ask possibly stay with us for just a than

to zimbabwe now where farmers can now apply to get back the land seized when robert mugabe was president more than 4000 were forced from their farms almost 20 years ago who said as if the ruling party's policy was to undo the racist inheritance of colonial era land grabs most of them bob was best land was reserved for whites their evictions were often violent and provoked international sanctions which are blamed for destroying zimbabwe's economy the government agreed to pay $3.00 and a half $1000000000.00 in compensation to white farmers last month let's bring in harwood in harare for us how do so want why now what's the background to compensating white farmers and what's been the reaction. well when president instrument took over from robert mcgovern 2017 he was under a lot of pressure from a new way in government to implement reforms if you know i'm a group formed human rights reforms in terms of making sure the weather right to protection of property and the rule of law and to deal with the issue of the government is not trying to raise more than $3000000000.00 to compensate wide the

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