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Southern Africa

Southern Africa is struggling to emerge from a history of apartheid, minority white rule, and post-colonial wars. An extremely diverse region, it has the largest economy on the continent (South Africa) and some of the poorest countries in the world.

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Oxfam America supports emergency food and flood relief efforts, rural agricultural support and credit programs, and women's rights reforms in Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. The program in Zimbabwe also includes a peace-building initiative to end ongoing local conflicts.

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New legislation is a major achievement for Women's Coalition.

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As the fight against cholera continues in Zimbabwe, a public health worker documents her travels alongside the actor and Oxfam Ambassador.

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A caregiver, counselor, and role model, Modimola has nurtured a commitment to care for others into a sanctuary of support for families affected by HIV/AIDS.

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Oxfam's Caroline Gluck attended the swearing-in ceremony of Zimbabwe's new prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai on February 11.

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Zimbabwe launches a nationwide blitz to control, cure, and eliminate the disease.

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Together with a local organization, Oxfam is working to bring clean water to Mudzi and to plan for preventive measures to limit cholera's spread.

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A new year's celebration hardly masks the troubles countless people face in a country crippled by hyperinflation and a cholera outbreak.

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