Zimbabwe-As Zimbabweans Starve, Mugabe Holds a Feast

나를 위안하기 위해 아래를 자꾸본다.

안타깝다.

According to reports in Zimbabwe's domestic press on Thursday, President Robert Mugabe and delegates to the annual conference of his ruling Zanu-PF Party will chomp their way through 124 cattle, 81 goats and 18 pigs over the course of their deliberations in the central town of Bindura.

Up to 60,000 people in Zimbabwe could become infected with cholera if the epidemic there gets out of control, the World Health Organisation said today.

The United Nations health agency estimates that 589 people have died of cholera in Zimbabwe as of December 5, with 13,960 suspected cases declared, but these figures are based on the number of people reporting to health centres in the poverty-stricken country.

As many health centres are no longer operational, the actual toll is likely to be higher, the WHO said. In a worst-case scenario, up to 60,000 people could become infected. ......................

President Robert Mugabe declared Thursday that there was "no cholera" in Zimbabwe and the country's health crisis was over. (A spokesman later claimed he was being sarcastic.)

Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu described the disease as part of a "serious biological chemical war ... a genocidal onslaught on the people of Zimbabwe by ... the unrepentant former colonial power [Britain], which has enlisted support from its American and Western allies so that they invade the country."

"The situation is truly grim,"

"One man and his cronies — Robert Mugabe — are holding this country hostage."

the U.S. ambassador to Harare, James McGee said.