I’m catching up on some news and discovered there’s much happening in Zimbabwe lately. And even more talk about how to fix the deepening crisis there. Between The Wall Street Journal, The Times Online, Reuters Africa and the BBC, here’s the latest:
The cholera outbreak I wrote about last week is actually much worse than anyone suspected. Estimates put the number infected well over 15,000 and the number dead near 600. The Zimbabwean government seems to think Britain is planning a military invasion under the cover of cholera and will use that guise to oust Mugabe from power. The economic situation, believe it or not, has worsened and the government is “cracking down” on illegal currency trade. Inflation is officially at 231 million percent but that figure was last updated in July!
Finally, Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace laureate and former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, said:
“I think now that the world must say: ‘You have been responsible with your cohorts for gross violations, and you are going to face indictment in The Hague unless you step down.’”
It seems that the pressure is mounting.
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