Zimbabwe's children idle as schools buckle under crisis
(AFP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20090128/capt.photo_1233122800383-1-0.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=DNfHEp7XOQLxX2P0AVrT9Q--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Children walking in the rain in Harare, Zimbabwe, on November 19. Getting the school year off the ground in Zimbabwe has been a rocky affair, as teachers launched straight into a strike over their salaries, some of which are worth three US dollars a month due to galloping inflation.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090128/wl_africa_afp/zimbabweeducationpoliticsfocus)AFP - Like an orchestra without a conductor: this is how mother Sharon Mpofu describes Zimbabwe's once proud education system, now in tatters as a political crisis rages around the country's children.</p><br clear="all"/>
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