But it is Christmas shopping with a difference. Most basic goods are not available in Zimbabwe, so the cross-border hop is a shop for everything - starting with the basics - and in the mix are job opportunities for other migrants.

"I started off carrying shoppers' bags and luggage to the bus or railway station for five pula (US$0.50) when I first ventured here," Priscilla Gombacheche, told IRIN, who

HARARE - Mining giant Anglo American has pledged R1 million (about US$100 000) to combat a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe and in parts of South Africa where the disease has spilled.

The funds, to be donated from the Anglo American Chairman's Fund and to be managed by the South African Red Cross Society (SARCS) come as the United Nations said on Thursday that the death toll from cholera in Zimbabwe has soared to 1 111 out of 20 581 cases recorded since the epidemic began in August.

Anglo's donation will be used as part

Ending Zimbabwe's Nightmare: A Possible Way Forward, the latest report from the International Crisis Group, argues that the inter-party negotiations to implement a power-sharing government under

FRANCISTOWN - The City of Francistown is on high alert following the outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe.

The city's Environmental Division recently wrote to all food outlets in the city advising them of precautionary measures they need to prevent the diases from spreading.

Food handling has been cited as one of the ways that can easily spread the deadly disease. Recently two cases of cholera were reported in Francistown. The acting Principal Environmental Officer, Mr Letso Leselamose, said in an interview that due to the outbreak

La situation en RDC est toujours instable avec une aide humanitaire qui ne parvient pas à atteindre plusieurs personnes. L'épidémie de choléra au Zimbabwe n'est toujours pas sous contrôle. Elle se propage dans les pays d'Afrique australe. L'OMS et d'autres partenaires continue d'appuyer les efforts de partage d'information sur les districts frontaliers touchés, le renforcement de la surveillance aussi bien que la mobilisation des ressources.

Situation dans les pays

Crises aigues

- Angola: L'épidémie de choléra

Les combats dans l'est de la RDC et la situation humanitaire au Zimbabwe continuent de focaliser l'attention de la communauté humanitaire. L'épidémie de choléra au Zimbabwe se propage dans les pays voisins suscitant une grande préoccupation à cause de sa dimension sous régionale. L'OMS et ses partenaires appuient les efforts de partage d'information sur les districts frontaliers touchés, le renforcement de la surveillance aussi bien que la mobilisation des ressources. Situation dans les pays

Crises aigues

- Angola: L'épidémie de choléra

- U.S. says "well past time for Robert Mugabe to leave"

- South Africa says Zimbabwe call for help a breakthrough

- Cholera death toll rises to 575

HARARE, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday that President Robert Mugabe's departure from office was long overdue and a food crisis and cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe meant it was now vital for the international community to act.

Zimbabwe has declared an emergency and appealed for international help to battle a cholera outbreak that has killed

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The aim of this project is to respond to the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe that has now spread to nine out of 10 provinces and threatens to further destabilize a country severely weakened by food shortages, the ongoing political crisis, and the dramatically deteriorated health care and water supply systems. Moreover, the outbreak has spread beyond Zimbabwe's borders into South Africa and Botswana.

The present proposal sets out WHO's plans to respond to the epidemic, in collaboration with its partners, by establishing