mugabe ally injured

An ally of Zimbabwe President, Robert Mugabe was injured in shooting. Air Force Commander Perence Shiri was shot in the arm as he drove to his farm Saturday, a newspaper report said.A report published in The Herald, Minister of Home Affairs Kembo Mohadi saying, the attack appears to be part of a series of attacks targeting government officials and establishments.

Earlier Monday, the United Nations said the death toll from the cholera epidemic had reached 978.

Several heads of government, including U.S. President George Bush, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, have called on Mr. Mugabe to resign.

Zimbabwe’s post-independence leader has been unable to agree with the opposition on how to implement a power-sharing deal reached in September