Silver stories | 10-6. Zimbabwe in 2008 | John Moore (USA) Getty Images | |

Zimbabwaen immigrants run through the Limpopo River while illegally crossing
the border into South Africa May 27, 2008 near Musina. Facing economic strife
and politic
al oppression at home, Zimbabwaens flooded across the border. A human
rights group recently reported that up to 49,000 Zimbabwaens illegally cross
into South Africa each month, adding to the 3-5 million Zimbabwaen refugees
already there. | |