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Zimbabwe on brink of collapse as outbreak of cholera spreads

The situation in Zimbabwe may soon "implode" as a cholera outbreak spreads and basic services collapse, South African leaders and a group of international statesmen warned yesterday.On the eve of talks in South Africa between Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

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  1. I think it is clear that SADC should have done more
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  2. Unless this root cause of the political absence of a legitimate government is solved, the situation will get worse and may implode and collapse ... It is now an urgent matter, because people are dying
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 12 months ago
  3. It is not just the extent of Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis, but the speed of deterioration in the past few weeks that is most worrying ... The scale, depth and urgency of the situation are under-reported.
    Kofi Annan Kofi Annan SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 12 months ago
  4. We are dealing with a situation that is affecting the lives of people
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  5. The entire basic structure ... is broken down. These are all indications that the crisis in Zimbabwe is much greater, much worse than we ever could have imagined.
    Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 12 months ago
  6. We have a sense that either the leadership doesn't have a clear picture of how deep the suffering is of their own people, or they don't care
    SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 12 months ago
  7. I don't see it happening tomorrow
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 12 months ago
  8. We are going there to insist that all issues must be dealt with seriously
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 12 months ago
  9. failure to implement it in good faith and create a good workable power-sharing government is leading to despair and accelerating the crisis
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 12 months ago
  10. We were expecting a gloomy situation, but the situation is far beyond what we could have imagined
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 12 months ago

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