Zimbabwean children 'suffering'

The lives of children in Zimbabwe have become "unbearable", with rising levels of chronic malnutrition, crumbling healthcare, and the risk of violence and rape, a global children's charity said.

Zimbabweans are going to the polls in a landmark election which many hope will see the end of President Robert Mugabe's 28-year reign.

And although the six million children of the southern African country will be hoping for a brighter future, they face a bleak present, Save the Children said.

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