Zimbabwe remains in the news, with escalating political conflict between the current ruling party and its rivals in the Movement for Democratic Change. These tensions escalated around disputes concerning recent contested elections, and added to the problems of a country with dire economic problems and widespread unemployment and poverty.

At the Christian Aid website, you can find out more about these problems, as well as details of how the things Christian Aid is doing to help.

On Learn, you can find a range of resources related to Zimbabwe and to other recent conflicts. Look at our section on Zimbabwe in the A-Z of topics. You can also find materials to help you teach about issues relating to poverty and conflict.

Our popular assemblies and classroom activities in Celebrate harvest with us! and Crazy Climate contain stories about coping with poverty in Zimbabwe.