The Sorting Table blog from Solitaire International is warning that Zimbabwe could explode in conflict anytime:

Already considered a basket case by most economists, Zimbabwe is now on the verge of total collapse. Inflation is said to hit an unbelievable 1,500,000% by year’s end and the local population has already taken to barter or using the South African rand. What’s worse, it has diamond mines like Rio Tinto’s Murowa, more alluvial diamond deposits – that desperately poor artisanal diggers are risking arrest and incarceration to exploit, lot’s of coloured gemstones and precious metal deposits.

That the country has been reduced to stone-age barter despite such an array of resources is a testament to bad governance and exploitation. When the sham of a UN-member nation finally crumbles and Robert Mugabe either goes or is removed, the warlords will move in. That’s when the horror story of countries like Sierra Leone will be repeated.