Two Zimbabwean men at a cholera rehydration tent on the South Africa-Zimbabwe border in December 2008. The European Union on Friday threatened new sanctions against Robert Mugabe's government in Zimbabwe, blamed for political deadlock, a surging cholera epidemic and runaway inflation. (AFP/File/Justine Gerardy)From Yahoo News/AFP:
HARARE (AFP) – The European Union on Friday threatened new sanctions against Robert Mugabe's government in Zimbabwe, blamed for political deadlock, a surging cholera epidemic and runaway inflation.
With no sign of an end to the crisis, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, whose country holds the EU presidency, said that European nations were considering new sanctions against Mugabe and his inner circle.
In Geneva a UN agency said Friday cholera has claimed 2,225 lives since August, warning that prevention efforts have failed to stop it while the nation's economic collapse has left public hospitals empty.
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