3,000 dead from cholera in Zimbabwe

Robert Mugabe is trying to hide the scale of the deadly epidemic sweeping the country. But its impact can today be revealed

A senior official in the health ministry told The Independent yesterday that more than 3,000 people have died from the water-borne disease in the past two weeks, 10 times the widely-reported death toll of just over 300. "But even this higher figure is still an understatement because very few bother to register the deaths of their relatives these days," said the official, who requested anonymity. Full Story »

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George Blahusiak
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by George Blahusiak - Nov. 26, 2008

Good story but concentrates on Zimbabwe while another story in this same news digest mentions lack of sewers in Sadr City. No details on population concentration or what happened to water system.

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