Zimbabwe's government has announced it will return 67 foreign-owned commercial farms confiscated during the land reform programme launched under former president Robert Mugabe in the early 2000s. The farms belong to nationals from Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands, and are protected under bilateral investment agreements. The move is part of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's broader push to repair ties with Western nations and international lenders — a process seen as essential to restructuring Zimbabwe's external debt, which stood at $13.6 billion as of September 2025.