Egypt teacher faces beating trial
December 20, 2008
Egypt teacher faces beating trial
An Egyptian mathematics teacher is due to go on trial accused of beating an 11-year-old pupil to death because he did not do his homework.
‘Thousands made slaves’ in Darfur
December 17, 2008
Strong evidence has emerged of children and adults being used as slaves in Sudan
Strong evidence has emerged of children and adults being used as slaves in Sudan’s Darfur region, a study says.
Armies ’strike at Uganda rebels’
December 15, 2008
Joseph Kony insists arrest warrants are dropped before entering negotiations
Three African armies have launched a joint offensive against Ugandan rebels based in eastern DR Congo, military officials say in Uganda.
Ivory Coast prison protest ends
December 14, 2008
Ivory Coast prison protest ends
Calm has returned to the main prison in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital, Abidjan, after police put down a mass protest, prison authorities have said.
Zimbabwe seeks “all support we can get” on cholera
December 13, 2008
Zimbabwe seeks
HARARE (Reuters) - A huge international aid effort is needed to help Zimbabwe combat a cholera outbreak that has killed hundreds, the government said on Friday, even though President Robert Mugabe has said it is now contained.
PM urges Zimbabwe cholera action
December 6, 2008
Zimbabwe struggles to cope with the outbreak
Gordon Brown has urged the world to tell Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe “enough is enough” amid growing concern over the country’s cholera outbreak.
Zimbabwe cholera ‘an emergency’
December 4, 2008
Harare residents have been taking water from wells during the outbreak
Authorities in Zimbabwe have declared a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 550 people to be a national emergency, state media reports.
Zimbabwe cholera march broken up
December 3, 2008
- Zimbabwe cholera march broken up
Police in the Zimbabwean capital Harare have broken up a protest march by doctors and nurses angered at the worsening cholera outbreak.
Zimbabwe cholera deaths near 500
December 2, 2008
People collected water from wells in Harare after supplies were cut
A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed at least 484 people since August, according to the UN.
More than 11,700 cases of cholera have been recorded over the same period, an update from the UN office for humanitarian affairs said.
‘No water’ in cholera-hit Harare
December 1, 2008
- Sanitation systems have broken down, fuelling the spread of cholera
Much of the Zimbabwe capital, Harare, is without water, state media reports, at a time of a cholera outbreak.