Demonstrators carry Anti-Mugabe banners outside the summit conference center, September 2, 2002 in Johannesburg. Zimbabwe, a former British colony, has been gripped by a deepening political and economic crisis since pro-government militias invaded white-owned farms in early 2000 in support of President Robert Mugabe's campaign to redistribute their land to landless blacks. Mugabe says the actions are a necessary redress of colonial injustices. Britain says Mugabe is pushing a fertile country to the brink of famine while enriching his cronies. REUTERS/Juda Ngwenya
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (R) shares a joke with his Minister of Foreign Affairs Stan Mudenge at the Earth summit, September 2, 2002. Mugabe is expected to justify his controversial land grab to other world leaders at the United Nationals World Summit for Sustainable Development, currently being held in the city. REUTERS/Howard Burditt
Zimbabwean small scale farmer Phineas Moyo (R) and his wife Sarah collect maize that has fallen from trucks, approximately 100 kilometres north of the border town of Beit Bridge September 2, 2002. Zimbabwe on Monday impounded a 30 tonne cargo of food aid at the South African border because the agency importing it had not obtained a permit to bring it into the country, an aid official said. Monday's shipment was the first of a proposed 10,000 tonne contribution to the country's relief operation for an estimated six million people facing extreme hunger. REUTERS/Paul Cadenhea