At least 50 people have been killed so far this year due to human and wildlife conflict in the Hwange area, quite a jump from the 42 who died the whole of last year and almost double the 26 that died in 2016.
The upsurge in deaths could be attributed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's drive to grow Zimbabwe's mining sector into a US$12 billion industry by 2023, which is coming at a huge cost to communities bordering Hwange National Park, who are now at the mercy of wild animals being pushed out of the giant reserve by coal miners.
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