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| The death toll from the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has now passed the 3,000 mark, the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) has said. | The death toll from the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has now passed the 3,000 mark, the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) has said. |
| The latest figures represent an increase of more than 1,000 deaths in just two weeks. | |
| Meanwhile, the MDC's leader sounded more upbeat about power-sharing, a day after his party denied it had agreed to join a unity government next month. | |
| He said it would go ahead if the rivals resolved their long-running disputes. | He said it would go ahead if the rivals resolved their long-running disputes. |
| "Everyone agrees that, subject to the clearing of all the issues that are outstanding, a coalition government can be formed," Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai told South African newspaper The Star. | "Everyone agrees that, subject to the clearing of all the issues that are outstanding, a coalition government can be formed," Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai told South African newspaper The Star. |
| As the stalemate continues, Zimbabwe is lurching towards economic collapse. | |
| The WHO said on Wednesday a total of 3,028 people have died from the cholera outbreak and 57,702 have been affected since August 2008. | |
| STATE OF ZIMBABWE Five million people - almost half population - need food aidCentral bank introduced Z$100tr note, worth about US$30 (£20)Unemployment more than 80%Nearly 3,000 people dead in cholera outbreakMany teachers, doctors and nurses not working Teacher: 'I can't afford to work' The epidemic of the water-borne disease has been fuelled by the collapse of Zimbabwe's water, sanitation and health systems. | |
| South Africa insisted the MDC had said it would join a unity government with President Robert Mugabe next month, despite the opposition's denial that it had agreed to do so at a regional summit this week. | |
| Frank Chikane, director-general of South Africa's presidency, told reporters that observers should not "read too much" into the MDC's complaints. | Frank Chikane, director-general of South Africa's presidency, told reporters that observers should not "read too much" into the MDC's complaints. |
| Monday's 15-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting in Pretoria said the MDC was ready to form a unity government with Zanu-PF by mid-February. | Monday's 15-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting in Pretoria said the MDC was ready to form a unity government with Zanu-PF by mid-February. |
| SADC leaders also concluded that Zimbabwe's contentious home affairs ministry, which runs the police, should be controlled jointly and reviewed six months after the new government was inaugurated. | |
| Home affairs has been a key sticking point, with the MDC insisting it should run the ministry if Zanu-PF is to administer the defence and national security departments. | |
| The MDC also wants a share of regional governor and diplomatic posts. | |
| President Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai agreed to share power last September but the rivals have not been able to agree on how to allocate key government jobs. | President Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai agreed to share power last September but the rivals have not been able to agree on how to allocate key government jobs. |
| The MDC, along with Western nations, accuses Mr Mugabe of not being sincere about power-sharing, pointing to a spate of abductions of opposition officials and human rights activists. | |