People queue for US dollars at banks early in the morning, with some having slept in line a day before Christmas, in Harare on Friday. Thousands of Zimbabweans are queuing at banks and currency exchange points across the country, some of them sleeping in the lines, in a desperate attempt to obtain cash. Most are unlikely to be successful as the inflation-ravaged southern African country is experiencing an acute currency shortage. Travel plans for the holiday period have been badly disrupted and many Zimbabweans are struggling even to buy Christmas presents.