Marketplace: Voting with their stomachs

Friday, March 28, 2008

Voting with their stomachs

Supporters of presidential candidate Simba Makoni

Zimbabwe has gone from being a net food exporting country to one with a critical food shortage -- all of which will play into Sunday's presidential election. Marketplace's Africa correspondent Gretchen Wilson talks with Kai Ryssdal about the nation's crisis.

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Supporters of Zimbabwean presidential candidate and former Finance Minister Simba Makoni attend a campaign rally in Mabvuku/Tafara, Zimbabwe. (Desmond Kwande / AFP/Getty Images)

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