Mugabe 'cause of Zimbabwe tragedy'
Updated on 12 December 2008
Foreign Secretary David Miliband blamed Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe for causing "death and destruction on a grand scale" and rejected his claim that the country's deadly cholera outbreak was over.
"There is a tragedy in Zimbabwe and it's a man-made tragedy and the man whose made it is the head of the government, and he's immiserated his own people, he's caused death and destruction on a grand scale," he told Associated Press Television News.
"It's evident to anyone who hears the tales of people in Zimbabwe that cholera remains a very significant problem," Mr Miliband added. "I wish it had been curtailed or curbed, but I think that the public health situation in Zimbabwe is very, very grave indeed."
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