Zimbabwe's deadline for white farmers to quit their land passed at midnight last night.

The Times claims that an oil deal between Robert Mugabe's regime and Libya could see prime land handed over to Tripoli.

As the southern African country is plunged into economic chaos and as it faces famine, Harare is starving its own people, according to many reports.

Control of Zimbabwe's Grain Marketing Board has been given to air marshal Perence Shiri, a Mugabe crony and "alleged war criminal", notes the Telegraph.