Going home to Zimbabwe
Ish Magundikwa, a journalist, returns home to Zimbabwe and finds that it's a vastly different place from when he left in 2006.
Ish Magundikwa left his home in Zimbabwe in November, 2006. In that time, Magundikwa worked as a journalist in London. Magundikwa is returning to his homeland Zimbabwe for the first time in two years. He admitted that he had some anxiety about going back, as things have gotten worse.
With 85 percent unemployment and inflation officially running at 11.2 million percent, it's a vastly different place.
"The World" anchor Lisa Mullins spoke with Magundikwa just before he took off. He says he is prepared for the fact that life will be different than when he left: "It's worse than it was before -- the power outages, the water being turned off -- it's all things that are getting worse."
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