Zimbabwe Standard (Harare)
20 December 2008
DECLARING the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe "even more serious" than earlier feared because of the cholera outbreak, the Swedish government, through the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (Sida), last week announced additional funding to support the humanitarian emergency in Zimbabwe.
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Sweden, always a friend of Africa. The appeal by the Swedish Ambassador for a political settlement should be heed by Mugabe and his cronies. Ambassador Rylander correctly observers the relationship between the deteriorating human crisis and the deadlocked political situation. Sweden has made the decision to put human beings above politics or ideology. The Swedish generosity should now be followed up with calls from SADC/AU for Mugabe to step down!