AM - Monday, 14 April , 2008 08:19:00
Reporter: Peter Cave
TONY EASTLEY: Attempts by southern African leaders to build a unity government to replace the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe fell apart last night increasing fears that the country is heading into an even more dangerous post-election period.
The political problems are enormous but they could be overshadowed by a humanitarian crisis.
What was once one of the most productive agricultural economies in Africa is now a shambles and its people are going hungry. It's not the only country suffering food shortages and we'll have more on that story in a moment.
Our foreign affairs editor Peter Cave spoke to Sarah Jacobs from Save the Children Fund in Harare about the pitiful plight of Zimbabwe's children.
SARAH JACOBS: Conditions of those children in Zimbabwe has really reached rock bottom. Obviously the whole country is in complete economic meltdown and its children are the most vulnerable who are really baring the brunt of that.
And Save the Children have been working in Zimbabwe for nearly 25 years and we're now seeing one in 10 children dying before they reach the age of five. A very high figure.
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