Pray for Zimbabwe:
- Full Name: Republic of Zimbabwe (aka Rhodesia)
- Government Type: Parliamentary Democracy
- Leader(s): Robert Mugabe (President); Morgan Tsvangirai (Prime Minister)
- Population: 12.5 million
- People Groups: 35
- Religions:
- Christianity (including Roman Catholics, Protestants, & Syncretics [part Christian, part indigenous beliefs])> 68.31% (8,538,750)
- Indigenous Beliefs/Ethnic Religions> 29.2% (3,650,000)
- Islam> 0.7325% (91,563)
- Baha'i Faith> 0.3173% (39,663)
- Hinduism> 0.1466% (18,325)
- Average Annual Income (GNI per capita): $340 (USD)
- Population Below Poverty Line: 68% (8,500,000)
- Some Issues:
- World's 3rd highest unemployment rate: 80% (10 million)
- World's 4th highest rate of HIV prevalence
- One fifth of all Zimbabwean children have lost a parent
- Most children (about 1 million) have been orphaned by AIDS
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