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UK announces £5m aid for Zimbabwe UK announces £5m aid for Zimbabwe
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced an extra £5m ($8m) of transitional aid to Zimbabwe.British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced an extra £5m ($8m) of transitional aid to Zimbabwe.
Mr Brown announced the aid at Downing Street, as he met Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Mr Brown announced the aid at Downing Street in London, joined by Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
The money will be channelled through aid agencies and non-governmental organisations, not Zimbabwe's power-sharing government. Mr Brown said it would bring British transitional aid for Zimbabwe this year to a total of £60m ($98m).
Some £4m will be devoted to food aid and the rest to buying text books for Zimbabwean schools. Zimbabwe says it needs $8bn (£4.9bn) to revive the economy but pledges during Mr Tsvangirai's tour of Europe and the US have fallen far short of that sum.
Mr Brown said it would bring British transitional aid this year to a total of $60m (£36m). Mr Brown said the £5m announced on Monday would be channelled through aid agencies and non-governmental organisations, not Zimbabwe's power-sharing government.
He was speaking at a joint news conference with Zimbabwe's Prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai who defended his decision to share power with President Robert Mugabe in February. Some £4m ($6.5m) would be devoted to food aid and the rest to buying text books for Zimbabwean schools, he said.
Tsvangirai on Mugabe and the press
At their joint news conference, Mr Tsvangirai defended his decision to share power with President Robert Mugabe in February.
Mr Tsvangirai said "irreversible change was now taking place in Zimbabwe towards a transition to democracy and elections".Mr Tsvangirai said "irreversible change was now taking place in Zimbabwe towards a transition to democracy and elections".
On Saturday in London, Mr Tsvangirai was booed by Zimbabwean exiles when he urged them to return to the country. On Saturday in London, Zimbabwe's prime minister was booed by Zimbabwean exiles when he urged them to return to the country.
Many were bitter that, following years of outspoken opposition to the Zimbabwe government, he had decided to join it and offer public support to Mr Mugabe.
Mr Tsvangirai's UK visit is the final stage of his tour of Europe and the US.