Oct 27 Cholera Outbreak Highlights Haiti’s Ongoing Sanitation Problems By Talea Miller Deaths from Haiti's cholera outbreak are slowing, but health experts warn that the threat of further spread, fueled by chronically unsanitary conditions, is still very real. At least 284 Haitians have died of the highly-contagious waterborne illness in the past… Continue reading
Oct 22 Authorities Fear Cholera Outbreak Could Spread in Haiti By Larisa Epatko Health officials fear a cholera outbreak in rural Haiti that has killed at least 142 people and sickened more than 1,500 will spread to other parts of Haiti, including the earthquake-ravaged capital Port-au-Prince. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch News Wrap: WikiLeaks Releases 400,000 Iraq War Documents In other news Friday, WikiLeaks released nearly 400,000 secret U.S. files on the Iraq war, counting more than 15,000 unreported civilian deaths. Also, Haiti is dealing with a deadly cholera outbreak. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Eric Lotz of Operation Blessing… Continue watching
Jan 28 Tenuous Zimbabwe Government Deal Approved as Cholera Crisis Worsens By PBS News Hour In the midst of an escalating cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, a summit on a power-sharing deal decided Tuesday that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai should be sworn in as prime minister by Feb. 11. Continue reading
Jan 14 Cholera One Part of Zimbabwe’s Growing Health Concerns By Admin, PBS News Hour Political trouble in Zimbabwe has taken a toll on the population's health and aid groups warn that thousands more will die as the infrastructure and health care systems continue to deteriorate. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch Zimbabwe’s Cholera Crisis Spurs New Calls for Mugabe to Step Down In the wake of Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak, worsening food shortages and political unrest, some international leaders are urging embattled President Robert Mugabe to step down. An analyst provides an update on the situation. Continue watching
Dec 09 Bush Joins Calls for Mugabe to Step Down By PBS News Hour President Bush said in a statement Tuesday that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe should step down and called for African support to end his "tyranny" as a growing chorus of foreign leaders calls for the embattled leader to quit his post. Continue reading
Dec 05 U.S. Calls for Zimbabwe’s Mugabe to Resign as Power-sharing Deal Falters By PBS News Hour U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice increased pressure on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to leave office after his government stalled on a power-sharing deal with the opposition party. Continue reading
Dec 03 Riots Break Out as Zimbabwe Faces Cholera Epidemic, Hyperinflation By PBS News Hour Doctors, teachers and union members clashed with riot police in the streets of Zimbabwe's capital of Harare as they protested the country's deepening economic meltdown and a cholera epidemic that has been blamed on poor infrastructure. Continue reading
Nov 20 South Africa Withholds Aid to Zimbabwe; Health Crisis Grows By PBS News Hour South Africa said Thursday it will withhold aid for Zimbabwe until a representative government is in place amid reports of a growing public health crisis and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's objections to a visit by former world leaders. Continue reading