Sunday, December 7, 2008

SUNDAYS ZIMBABWE PICS......

A Zimbabwean woman prepares to fetch water from a burst water pipe in Harare, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. South Africa is sending more military doctors to its northern boarder to treat Zimbabwean cholera victims underling fears of a regional disease outbreak due to Zimbabwe's economic collapse. Cholera is easily prevented and cured but Zimbabwe's medical and water treatment facilities have collapsed making it difficult to deal with the disease.







Zimbabweans collect water from a burst water pipe in Harare, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008.








Heap of garbage in Highfileds, Harare, Sunday , December, 7, 2008.






Zimbabweans collect water from a burst water pipe in Harare, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008.








Zimbabwean women and children fetch water for domestic use at an unprotected well which has been a major source of cholera in Harare, Zimbabwe, on December 7, 2008. The cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has claimed 575 lives so far, according to the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Harare is the worst-hit district with 179 deaths and 6,448 cases as of December 4. The water-borne disease has spread to surrounding countries with deaths recorded in Botswana and South Africa where the influx of Zimbabweans across the border seeking help has grown.






Tatenda Chinyau carries water for domestic use he fetched from an unprotected well which has been a major source of cholera in Harare, Zimbabwe, on December 7, 2008.









A Zimbabwean woman carries drums of water on a wheelbarrow she fetched from an unprotected well .











A man carries containers for sale in Harare, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008. Due to the shortage of potable water, the price of containers to carry water has gone up ten fold in recent weeks.






Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, speaks to the media in Nairobi, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008. Foreign troops should prepare to intervene in Zimbabwe to end a worsening humanitarian crisis and current Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe should be investigated for crimes against humanity, the Kenyan prime minister said Sunday, the latest voice in a growing chorus of leaders urging Mugabe to stand down. Raila Odinga urged the African Union to call an emergency meeting to authorize sending troops into Zimbabwe.



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