Informes

Des repas pour 20 000 enfants et malades Caritas Suisse et la Mission Bethléem Immensee s'engagent dans un vaste programme d'aide d'urgence dans la région de Gweru. Pendant 10 mois, 20 000 enfants, orphelins et malades du sida recevront des…

To bring in enough food to save the 6.5 million Zimbabweans facing starvation, one loaded truck needs to cross the border every five minutes, CAFOD revealed today. And that shocking statistic does not take into account the additional supplies that…

AFR 46/046/2002 Amnesty International strongly condemns state-sponsored violence, torture, arrests and intimidation of opposition candidates and supporters during country-wide local council elections held on 28 and 29 September. "Once again, government authorities have failed to ensure that elections take place in a…

A million or more farm workers and their dependents have been displaced by land reform activities in Zimbabwe. "They are a community in real trouble. It is a national problem," one aid agency told Refugees International (RI) earlier this…

Summary The SADC FANR Regional and National Vulnerability Assessment Committees (VACs), in collaboration with key partners, have undertaken Emergency Food Security Assessments in the six SADC countries most affected by food shortages. The assessments looked at macro…

JOHANNESBURG, 27 September (IRIN) - Zimbabweans are scheduled to return to the polls this weekend to vote for district councils whose tasks include the delivery of local services and overseeing the distribution of food aid. However, there were two last…

JOHANNESBURG, 26 September (IRIN) - The Zimbabwean government has announced that seed producers can raise their retail price by between 120 and 375 percent to encourage them to release seeds for the coming planting season. The controlled seed prices for…

by Steve Matthews, World Vision Emergency Response Communications September 26, 2002. Gwanda, Zimbabwe - First things first! Before World Vision could talk to fourteen-year-old Tradewell Moyo, he had to eat. He and his eleven-year-old sister Sibonginkosi hadn't consumed even a scrap…

JOHANNESBURG, 25 September (IRIN) - Developments in Zimbabwe have been identified as a threat to democracy and the rule of law and as a key reason for the flight of capital from the regional economy. In a hard-hitting statement, the…

JOHANNESBURG, 25 September (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has asked the Harare High Court to postpone this weekend's local elections on the grounds that the government has not complied with the Electoral Act. "They still haven't…