Anthrax hits Zimbabwe, malaria to follow

[Guest guest]

Anthrax poses new threat in cholera-hit Zimbabwe: charity Nov 30

HARARE (AFP) – An anthrax outbreak has killed three people and

threatens to wipe out livestock in northern Zimbabwe, compounding the

nation's struggle against cholera which has killed hundreds, a charity

said Monday...

http://news./s/afp/20081201/hl_afp/zimbabwehealthcholeraanthrax_0812010\

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The IoS Christmas Appeal: Mugabe's disgrace: Starvation threatens

millions in Zimbabwe

Our special correspondent in Zimbabwe reports from Matabeleland North

on the desperate plight of families facing malnutrition and disease.

....A cholera epidemic is raging out of control, and health

professionals expect an equally deadly outbreak of malaria to follow

soon...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/appeals/ios-appeal/the-iiosi-christmas-appeal-\

mugabes-disgrace-starvation-threatens-millions-in-zimbabwe-1041643.html

[Guest guest]

Mr Mugabe doesn't seem to get it that he's killing his own people little by little; but perhaps he doesn't really care since all he wants is total power. It's interesting that we went after Saddam Hussein for being a despot, but not one thing about Mr. Mugabe.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Eleanor Roosevelt

From: <rumjal@...>Subject: [Flu] Anthrax hits Zimbabwe, malaria to followFlu Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 8:38 PM

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[Guest guest]

The US and the UK are now too poor to do anything. Witness China

bowing to the USA in the news media two years ago and then beginning a

big foreign aid program in Africa to gain influence and power there.

It is now China that should do something. I reckon that the country

should be taken over and garrisoned; massive aid shipped in and a

military governor installed until order and services can be restored.

There are several news stories asking Harare to issue a declaration of

a national health emergency, but it seems unwilling.

I fear now that it may become a breeding ground for all sorts of nasty

diseases or mutations of diseases. That is why I have posted this

news here.

These stories from the Baltimore Sun--still one of the best newspapers

in the USA--shocked me:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/nationworld/sns-ap-af-zimbabwe-money,0,4984\

685.story

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/world/bal-te.zimbabwe23nov23,0,2782546.story

I have not heard that Zimbabwe has oil, tho I have read that Africa

will be the next middle East, which is doubtless why China is there:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/angola/2306459/Af\

rica%27s-oil-boom-shifts-balance-of-power.html

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> Mr Mugabe doesn't seem to get it that he's killing his own people

little by little; but perhaps he doesn't really care since all he

wants is total power. It's interesting that we went after Saddam

Hussein for being a despot, but not one thing about Mr. Mugabe.

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> Do one thing every day that scares you.

> Eleanor Roosevelt

[Guest guest]

This is helpful, tho it raises more questions than it answers:

China says it is a 'benign force' in Africa

Gedda | Washington, United States, 24 May 2006 07:24

China's ambassador portrayed his country on Tuesday as a benign force

in Africa that dispatches doctors and teachers to the continent,

opens trade opportunities and steers clear of political interference.

Speaking to a gathering sponsored by the Ralph Bunche International

Centre at Washington's University, ambassador Zhao Wenzhong

said China-Africa trade leaped from $10-billion in 2000 to $35-

billion last year.

" There is huge potential for future growth, " Zhao said, in effect

acknowledging Africa's increasing importance as a supplier of natural

resources for China's rapidly expanding economy.

In stressing China's policy of noninterference in Africa's internal

affairs, Zhao appeared to be responding to criticism that his country

makes no distinctions between countries with poor human rights

records and those with good records.

" We respect African countries' choices of political systems, " Zhao

said. He added that China's policies do not jeopardise the interests

of third parties.

Florizelle Liser, a top administration trade official, said the

United States has no problem with China's activities in Africa. " We

don't view China's engagement in Africa as a threat, " she said.

Princeton Lyman, a former ambassador to South Africa and Nigeria,

suggested to the gathering that China has not played a constructive

role in United Nations efforts to bring peace to the Darfur region of

western Sudan, Africa's largest country from which China buys

significant amounts of oil.

China has " slowed the UN Security Council down tremendously " , Lyman

said, alluding to thwarted council efforts to impose punitive

measures against the Sudanese government because of its support for

violent Arab militias in Darfur.

Lyman, of the Council on Foreign Relations, noted that China has

significant investments in three of Africa's major oil producers:

Sudan, Angola and Nigeria.

He added that China also has investments in Africa in such areas as

manufacturing, health, tourism and agriculture. China sees Africa as

a significant source of food over time, Lyman said. -- Sapa-AP

http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?

articleid=272581 & area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__africa/

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> Mr Mugabe doesn't seem to get it that he's killing his own people

little by little; but perhaps he doesn't really care since all he

wants is total power. It's interesting that we went after Saddam

Hussein for being a despot, but not one thing about Mr. Mugabe.

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> Do one thing every day that scares you.

> Eleanor Roosevelt