HARARE: Zimbabweans formed long queues outside banks on Thursday as a cash shortage prompted the government to announce plans to print a local version of the US dollar and limit withdrawals.
The government adopted US and South African currencies in 2009 after hyperinflation -- which peaked at 231 million percent -- rendered the national currency unusable as the country's economy collapsed.
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