Up to 1.4 million people are now at risk from Cholera in the chaos that is Zimbabwe. Lack of clean water, broken water supplies, sewage and rubbish in the streets are all leading to a health problem that will put lives in danger. Still Mugabe refuses to allow aid from the outside world.

That the UN can’t by law intervene highlights a flaw in the UN system whereby it can’t interfere in a country’s domestic matters. Is this right? Can this change? Might a less western biased UN be granted access to Zimbabwe?