Zimbabwe government’s will abolish the thriving foreign exchange bureaux, at a time when parallel market rates for foreign currency have reached record highs, Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa said on Thursday.

An official population census counted 11,6-million people in Zimbabwe and estimated nearly 3-million Zimbabweans are living outside the troubled southern African nation

UN food agencies estimate 3-million of the 13-million population in Zimbabwe will face starvation by June.