Africa

  • Military involvement (beginning of 1990)

    Economic crisis started by Zimbabwe's unpopular military involvement in DR Congo civil war.
  • MDC (ending of 1990)

    Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formed.
  • 2000

    President Mugabe suffers defeat in referendum on draft constitution.
    Many of the white-farmers property was seized.
  • 2002

    President Mugabe re-elected in elections condemned as seriously flawed by the opposition and foreign observers. Commonwealth later suspended Zimbabwe for a year.
  • 2005

    Stricter laws and policies were applied to the country
  • 2006

    Year-on-year inflation exceeds 1,000%. New banknotes, with three noughts deleted from their values, are introduced in August.
  • 2016

    Military takes control over immigrants, zimbwawes citizen start not liking the new policies.
  • Military takes control

    Mr Mugabe resigns days after the military takes control, following a power struggle between supporters of his wife Grace and Zanu-PF veterans. Former vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa becomes president.
  • UK

    Immigrants from Zimbabwe start moving to different countries, involving the UK with an estimated of 500,000 immigrants.