[Sky News] Shocking New Zimbabwe Cholera Evidence 2008.12.19

New UN figures suggest tens of thousands of lives are at risk from cholera in Zimbabwe. More than 1,000 people have already died.

Sky News is banned from the country but their chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay is there and sent this report.

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• Sky
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• Zimbabwe
• Africa
• Cholera
• disease
• epidemic
• water
• supply
• economy
• economic
• collapse
• aid
• agencies
• charities
• Mugabe
• ZANU-PF
• MDC

[louire54]

That Mugabe guy sonds as bad as Edi Amin. the currency there is worthless. Even the people who are able to get their hands on U.S. dollars to buy food, which is now the only currency accepted are facing very inflated prices . Iti s so easy for us to get caught up in our diminished 401k's. . We can all do something. Even if it involves emptying out a piggy bank or pocket change and sending it directly to the Red Cross or Americares. We can all do something to help this desperate nation!

[irvin2cartel]

Its not a continent of tyrants. Its a good continent which has good and bad leaders. Remember britain, america, france and portugal went to africa to get riches. Its a rich continent, just that they were destroyed before they nurtured the spirit of strength needed to survives what happening today.

[chelseawillwinin09]

mugabe is a retard i hate him I know i am from Zimbabwe but the country is gone man it used to be the best Kariba and Victoria falls were the best places and the rock pool was mad But he has made the country stuffed up I Hate that Ape

[perfidiousalbion65]

so far the usa has donated 5 million us dollars (not worthless zim dollars lol) to

help fight the cholera crisis, such water purify equipment etc... how much money has

mugabe donated to help his people ?? i have seen this same attitude from communist shit in chile... i hate those mf er

[equitably]

Mugabe looks like an ape, talks like an ape and acts like an ape. He and his henchmen are fit to star in a modern version of 'Planet of the Apes'.

[kudakwash]

This is a good example of how you can never trust a mere human being with power, rather what Zimbabwe should have done was to put in measures of democracy that protect the leader against himself(nature)...but how could they have known then...African states where born out of struggle and so it seemed fitting to give the leaders(heroes) the privilege of power, hence a continent of tyrants...

[EmberBlossom]

It will stop when people start caring about others no matter what race, sex, or religion.

When people start loving and stop being greedy.

[errolli]

what a diference Mugabe could have made. he inherited a model economy and social setup. the population could be one of the world's wealthiest by now. instead he is one of the world's wealthiest, and Zim has regressed 50 yrs. one day, not to long i imagine, school kids in Zim will be taught that he was a tyrant, rather than a 'liberator'.

[thelonewayfarer]

just when we thought things couldn't get any worse...

alas! They did. when will this stop?