Influential leaders of Zimbabwe's ruling party and senior intelligence officers hatched an "Idi Amin-type" plan to expel almost all white farmers from Zimbabwe by December if international efforts to resolve the land crisis failed, but the plan has apparently been abandoned.

Zimbabwe's fast-track land resettlement programme is putting pressure on the country's game reserves, some of which are near collapse. In Bubiana, its second largest game reserve, the endangered black rhino population is being rapidly depleted due to poaching.

Britain is concerned that the Zimbabwean government has so far failed to honour its pledge made at Abuja last month to restore the rule of law.

Limited sanctions should be imposed to prevent Zimbawean President Robert Mugabe thinking he has free run to intensify repression when the international community is focused on Afghanistan, say observers.

Salary : £21,479 to £24,129 p.a.
Location : Harare, Zimbabwe
Closing Date : 19 Oct 2001
Posted on : 8 Oct 2001