Leaders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are meeting in Cape Town, South Africa with aid for Zimbabwe at the top of the agenda.
The meeting comes as the UN visits Zimbabwe to assess ways to help revive its economy.
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports.
Nyasa Times "Minister of Women and Child Development Kate Kainja-Kaluluma has passed away in United Kingdom. “Indeed Hon Kate Kainja Kaluluma has died,” confirmed family friends in London. The 57-year-old minister was admitted to a North England hospital – York Hospital. Diplomatic sources at Malawi High Commission in London have said arrangements are being made to send her remains to Malawi. Kainja who was Dedza South West Constituency parliamentarian flew to United Kingdom for medical attention after a long-illness. She is survived by a husband, Emanuel Kaluluma and three children."