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  • At least 600 people killed and another 3000 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
  • On Saturday, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank were attacked by masked Israeli settlers who trapped them in their homes and pelted rocks at them.
  • On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the "criminal acts of violence" that Israeli settlers perpetrated in two Palestinian villages.
  • In central Zimbabwe, a minibus carrying churchgoers crashed head-on with a truck, killing at least 27 people and injuring seven more.
  • After being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, far-right British political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported to the United Kingdom.
  • The "Yes" and "No" camps in Iceland's EU referendum are tied at 51.17% and 48.83%, respectively.

Tag: Zimbabwe Striking Doctors

December 17, 2019

Zimbabwe Doctors’ Strike Floods Mission Hospitals...

With no end in sight to the Zimbabwe doctors’ strike over salaries and poor working conditions, desperate patients have looked to church-run mission hospitals for much-needed healthcare. Karanda Mission Hospital, north of the capital Harare, is overwhelmed by patients seeking treatment

November 26, 2019

Zimbabwe’s Pregnant Forced to Use Midwives,...

As Zimbabwe’s healthcare system collapses with the economy and medical worker strikes, some women are being forced to rely on midwives and give birth in unsanitary conditions, which experts say this exposes the mother and child to infections

September 19, 2019

From Patients to Doctors, Fear Rules...

Fear is crippling Zimbabwe’s already struggling health system, as doctors and patients alike are staying away. The disappearance of an outspoken young doctor who led a strike for higher public-sector wages has only made the situation more dire

January 8, 2019

Zimbabwe’s Hospitals Turn Away Patients As...

There is no end in sight as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government says it cannot meet the doctors’ demands

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