Zimbabwe Launches New Currency

Authorities hope that issuing $10 million of 'bond notes' will ease chronic cash shortages against a backdrop of slowing economic growth. But critics believe it'll erase their savings. And many have rushed to banks to try empty their accounts of hard currency. The bond notes will be interchangeable 1:1 with the US dollar.

The announcement has fueled large protests against President Robert Mugabe and many fear the move may bring back the inflation ravaged Zimbabwe dollar.