Whites Flee Farms as Black Mobs Rampage

White farmers in northern Zimbabwe evacuated families from their homes as rampaging black mobs attacked and looted more farms amid continuing violence.

Commercial Farmers’ Union officials said about 300 people had fled from 100 or so farms by Sunday. They estimated that equipment, furniture and supplies worth $4 million had been stolen.

Since March 2000, ruling-party militants led by veterans of the war that ended white rule in 1980 have occupied more than 1,700 farms. The government has targeted more than 4,600 white-owned farms for confiscation without compensation.