Zimbabwe to pay army, police late as cash crisis deepens

Soldiers stand guard beside President Robert Mugabe's car during the opening of Zimbabwe's parliament in Harare, September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe will pay July salaries for the army on Monday, more than a week late, but teachers will only receive their wages next month, a union official said, as the government grapples with an acute currency shortage.

President Robert Mugabe's government is facing its biggest financial squeeze since it dumped its hyperinflation-hit currency in 2009 and adopted the U.S. dollar, and is struggling to secure international financing.