Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe announced today that his country’ government has stopped the outbreak of cholera. Yea right.

As cholera and crisis spreads across Zimbabwe, the World Health Organization has pledged to aid the ailing nation after meeting with Zimbabwean officials Monday, Voice of America reports.

More than 100 Zimbabwean doctors and nurses protested for better pay and working conditions Wednesday in Harare, only to have their demonstration cut short by police brandishing batons, according to the International Herald Tribune.