The death toll from Zimbabwe’s cholera outbreak has risen sharply, the United Nations said, reporting 775 deaths and 16,141 cases of the waterborne disease in the southern African nation.

Burma’s military regime, already under fire for blocking international aid to cyclone victims, is expected to decide today whether to extend the detention of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi or set her free.

The UN World Food Program suspended food convoys to the Darfur region in western Sudan after rebel forces attacked the market town of Ghubaysh and the government retaliated, UN humanitarian officials said.