HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Authorities say more than 660 people have been treated for typhoid in Zimbabwe's capital but that the outbreak of the bacterial di...
Anybody who wants to really see that being a "billionaire" isn't all it's cracked up to be need only visit Zimbabwe.
The cholera infection rate in Zimbabwe is nearing the 100 000 mark in Africa's worst outbreak in 15 years, aid agencies said on Tuesday. ...
After years of being looted by Mugabe, Zimbabwe is dead broke. More than half the population is surviving on international food aid and unemployment stands at more than 90 percent.
The collapse of Zimbabwe's health system has created a humanitarian crisis where people are already suffering from a crippling hyperinflation and severe food, fuel and currency shortages.
Humanitarian organisations assisting Zimbabwean refugees in Musina have warned that the closure of the showground -- a large open field near the bord...
The outbreak -- one of the world's largest, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) -- is only getting worse, and could be a stepping-stone t...
30 JANUARY 2009 | GENEVA -- Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak, one of the world's largest ever recorded, is far from being brought under control. An enhance...
A total of 3 028 people are now known to have died from the water-borne disease while 57 702 have been affected, the organisation said in its latest u...
There are no limits to the brutality that Zimbabwe's Zanu PF government is prepared to employ in ensuring its continued grip on power. Recently, human...
The healthcare crisis in Zimbabwe is a direct outcome of the malfeasance of the Robert Mugabe regime and the systematic violation of a wide range of human rights.
2008 was an especially grim year in Zimbabwe -- and prospects for the coming year seem little better. The fact that Zimbabweans were celebrating the new year at all might seem surprising.
Cholera has now affected every province in Zimbabwe. More than 33,000 suspected cases have been reported and the disease has claimed over 1,600 deaths.
LONDON — Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu said Wednesday that the international community must use the threat of force to oust Zimbabwe's R...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Tuesday the U.S. and Britain are "stupid" to think he shouldn't be part of a unity go...
Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has threatened to quit power-sharing talks with the ruling Robert Mugabe if the government does not r...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — President Robert Mugabe declared Friday that "Zimbabwe is mine," saying only Zimbabweans can remove him from power and that n...
Oxfam has warned the disease, which has already claimed more than 1,000 lives, will soon move beyond densely populated towns. The charity is curren...
GENEVA — The United Nations says the death toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has risen to 978 _ an increase of nearly 25 percent in three...
By GlobalPost's correspondent in Harare (who cannot be named because of Zimbabwe's press restrictions) There is plenty of gallows humor circulating...
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said on Thursday that doctors had tamed a cholera epidemic that has left 775 dead, even as South Africa declared a di...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The death toll from Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak has risen sharply, the United Nations said Wednesday, reporting 775 deaths an...
Today is the 60th anniversary of the United Nations' adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For America, this is a reminder of the ideals we stand for and the moral responsibilities we have abdicated for too long.
Yesterday morning, President Bush lent his voice to a growing global call for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to step down.
In Zimbabwe, the lack of medicine, equipment, services, and staff in public hospitals is resulting in preventable deaths. There is no access to care for those who cannot afford private clinics.
