Night bazaars flourish in Zimbabwe currency woes hit traditional stores

People in Zimbabwe are shunning traditional grocery stores to do their shopping at informal and illegal markets that pop up at night to avoid police raids that are rampant during the day.

The government had hoped the introduction of a new currency in April would resolve a long running money crisis that has seen the southern African countries introduce six currencies so far.

But it is now depreciating and hurting licensed stores that…