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Zimbabwe Face 'Grave' Humanitarian Crisis As Cholera Toll Hits 1,111
With the death toll now at 1,111, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said there had been a new outbreak in Harare and that agencies now fear there are more than 60,000 infections.
"The devastating cholera epidemic continues to spread, with a new outbreak in Chegutu Urban (in Harare), recording more than 378 suspected cases and 121 deaths," said an OCHA statement.
To help victims, British aid charity Oxfam launched an appeal for four million pounds (6.2 million dollars, 4.2 million euros) to help it increase efforts in Zimbabwe.
"The rapid deterioration of the situation in Zimbabwe makes this an extremely grave humanitarian crisis which could deteriorate even further in 2009," said Oxfam humanitarian director Jane Cocking.
"While the international community battles for a political solution in the country, millions of Zimbabweans are going hungry... We need to respond now, there is no time to lose," she added.
President Robert Mugabe's ruling party holds its annual conference Friday facing internal divisions and intense global pressure over a ruinous economic crisis and the cholera epidemic.
Facing international pressure to stand down, Mugabe, 84, meets his top officials with the first-ever loss of their parliamentary majority in elections this year hanging over them.
Cholera is the latest crisis to hit Mugabe's embattled government, as the once stable economy struggles with hyper-inflation, desperate food shortages and chronic political instability.
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