Cholera Death Toll Reaches 746 As African Union Leaders Stand By Mugabe

The UN has estimated that the Cholera death count in Mugabes Zimbabwe has now reached 746 and the number of those affected could potentially reach 60,000.
The Cholera outbreak was caused due to a collapsed health system and poor water supplies. George Bush stated yesterday in Washington, 'It is time for Mugabe to go'. His sentiments are also held by Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who believe that peace keeping troops must enter Zimbabwe and Mugabe must be removed by force. However, African leaders do not share this belief and maintain that Mugabe should be instead supported in aligning himself with opposition parties. This may largely be due to the sense of African pride felt after Zimbabwe was handed back to African leaders from the British, something which can be sensed in George Charamba's statement “We won this country through the barrel of the gun and we will defend it the way we won it,”. Charamba seems to be forgetting that Britain did in fact give Zimbabwe back to its rightful leaders, not that it was taken by stealth. The guns he uses to defend Zimbabwe are now only hurting its brothers and sisters, not 'The West' who only seek to defend them.