Australia Pledges Funding to Zimbabwe for Water, Sanitation and Health Services

Australia has become the first Western country to pledge funding to Zimbabwe since its adoption of a power-sharing government headed by President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.

The Australian government has said it would provide about $6.4 million to water, sanitation and health services that have been left in near ruins since a volatile presidential election dating back to early 2008.

Much of Zimbabwe lacks clean drinking water and proper sanitation, two major contributors to a cholera outbreak that has killed thousands in the country. That cholera outbreak has been difficult to stop as the health sector has been without the proper medicines to fight the outbreak.

Prior to the power-sharing deal many Western countries had imposed sanctions and refused to provide aid as Mugabe was considered to be the problem. Those sanctions remain in place by the United States and the UK who have said they will wait to see evidence that the power-sharing deal is genuine.

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