Displaced white farmers demand $10 billion from Zim government

Displaced Zimbabwean white farmers have presented government with a staggering $10 billion bill for property confiscated during the country's chaotic land redistribution exercise, setting the stage for a row with the cash-strapped inclusive government.

The Agricultural Recovery and Compensation, a unit of the Commercial Farmers Union, has submitted compensation figures for land seized from  its predominantly white membership under the land reform programme which started in 2000 and is still being implemented despite initial reports that it had been completed.