Zimbabwe, Africa

BULAWAYO Monday, November 24, 2008 (IRIN) - As Zimbabwe battles a nationwide cholera outbreak that has so far killed around 300 people, a surge in...

Former US President Jimmy Carter has said the crisis in Zimbabwe is "far worse" than he had imagined. Mr Carter is one of a group of world leaders,...

Doctors struggling to save the victims of a cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe despite a lack of basic drugs and intravenous drips vented their fury last...

HARARE Wednesday, November 05, 2008 (IRIN) - Desperate entrepreneurs are scouring rubbish dumps, abattoirs and poisoned waterways for scraps of food...

HARARE Wednesday, November 05, 2008 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe has activated its national disaster response agency, the Civil Protection Unit (CPU), to...

BULAWAYO Tuesday, November 04, 2008 (IRIN) - Takunda Moyo, 35, seems the epitome of a successful business person: he drives a sleek car, wears...

HARARE Monday, November 17, 2008 (IRIN) - Memory Motsi* rents a room in Chitungwiza, about 20km from the Zimbabwean capital, Harare. She wakes up at...

BULAWAYO Friday, November 14, 2008 (IRIN) - Impatience among the hungry and food relief operations put on the back foot by a three-month ban are...

BULAWAYO Friday, November 14, 2008 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's political crisis deepened on 14 November with the withdrawal of the opposition Movement for...

HARARE Thursday, November 13, 2008 (IRIN) - George Mumba, 24, an accountant in Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, is among the thousands of people whose...