Informes

Government, Donors Must Halt Discrimination (New York, October 24, 2003) Zimbabwean authorities discriminate against perceived political opponents by denying them access to food programs, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. International relief agencies in Zimbabwe fail to…

GoZ plans for agricultural assistance The Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) is understood to have made available ZW$105 billion for assisting communal and resettled (A1) farmers in the procurement of inputs including fertilizers, seeds, tillage services and stock feed for those…

The Department for International Development today committed a further =A35 million to fund emergency food aid in Zimbabwe. This contribution will be channelled through the WFP (World Food Programme) towards feeding 5.5 million Zimbabweans estimated to be in need…

World Vision Zimbabwe (WVZ) is close to launching an urban school-feeding program, funded by WFP, as part of the organisation's urban intervention. WVZ-Relief Deputy Director Zvidzai Maburutse said the program is set to kick off at the beginning of November. "We…

JOHANNESBURG, 23 October (IRIN) Zimbabwe's chronic fuel shortage has hampered deliveries of up to 100,000 mt of maize from small farmers to the country's official maize storage points, prompting an urgent call for the army to use its trucks…

Paris, 23 october 2003 - The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) strongly condemns the serious wave of repression in Zimbabwe, which predominantly affects opposition activists and civil society actors. Such a pattern of state repression shows the growing authoritarianism…

HARARE, 23 October 2003 - The British Department for International Development (DFID) pledged 1.88 million pounds to UNICEF Zimbabwe today to secure urgently needed vaccines and logistical support for the country's Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) from January to June…

JOHANNESBURG, 21 October (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's newly settled and communal farmers face the prospect of this season's expected good rains falling on empty fields if the government does not distribute seed in time for the first plantings at the…

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Agriculture officials in Zimbabwe said Tuesday the country's farming season that started this month was under threat due to shortage of foreign currency to import seeds and other agricultural inputs. The country had intended to import…

HARARE, Oct 20, 2003 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The World Food Program (WFP), an arm of the United Nations which deals with food aid, is focusing attention on the most affected Zimbabwean areas of Gokwe, Matebeleland North, Matebeleland South…