HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe riot police wielding batons broke up protests by doctors, nurses and union members on Wednesday and the death toll from a cholera epidemic blamed on the country's spiralling crisis jumped to 565.
DAKAR (Reuters) - Africa's economic growth could suffer from the knock-on effect of more people dying from HIV/AIDS if donors cut funding for prevention because of the global financial crisis, the World Bank said on Wednesday.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The masterminds of Kenya's post-election violence may be barred from politics or face lengthy jail sentences under a draft law to set up a special tribunal in the east Africa nation.