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World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Death Toll in Cholera Epidemic Rises
The death toll from a cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe has grown to 473, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
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U.S. Cruise Ship Escapes Fire From Pirates in Gulf of Aden
Pirates chased and shot at a U.S. cruise ship with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships.
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World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Anti-Cholera Measure
In the midst of a cholera epidemic that has already killed more than 425 people, the government has cut water supplies to Harare, the capital and the epicenter of the outbreak, according to the state-run media. On Monday, news reports from the country said the national water authority had run out of essential chemicals to treat the water supply. With the capital dry, some government buildings have closed because of a lack of sanitation. Many of the poor are wandering the streets with containers, above, searching for spare water.
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Rwandan Musician Sentenced to 15 Years for Role in Genocide
Simon Bikindi has been convicted of incitement to genocide and sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the hate campaign that led to the 1994 genocide.
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Deadly Nigeria Clashes Subside
Soldiers recently wrested control of the streets from armed Christian and Muslim gangs that had roamed the city, in the worst religious violence Nigeria has seen in four years.
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World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Court’s Land Ruling Defied
The government has rejected a ruling by an African regional court that ordered the return of land confiscated from 78 white farmers, the state-run newspaper The Herald said. Didymus Mutasa, the minister in charge of land reform, was quoted as saying that a tribunal empowered by the 15-nation Southern African Development Community was “daydreaming” if it thought the government would comply. That was a cold splash of reality for farmers who had been rejoicing since Friday’s judgment. President Robert Mugabe’s government seized the land of 4,600 farmers in the past decade, creating upheaval that most analysts say sent Zimbabwe’s economy into the free fall it suffers today.
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Zimbabwe Police Break Up Protest
Zimbabwean riot police brandishing batons charged into a group of doctors and nurses in Harare, breaking up a demonstration for better pay and working conditions.
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World Briefing | Africa: Nigeria: 34 Babies Killed by Tainted Teething Drug
The number of infants killed by a teething powder tainted a toxic thickening agent has risen to 34, food and drug regulators said Tuesday.
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Mediator Says Ransom Deal Has Been Reached for Pirated Ukrainian Freighter
The mediator said that the only thing left was planning the transfer of money and handover of the ship, which was captured by Somali pirates two months ago.
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Counting the Bodies in the Aftermath of Clashes in Nigeria
At least 400 people were killed on Friday after angry Christian and Muslim mobs protested what they said were rigged local election results.
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