Informes

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 4 August (IRIN) Nongovernmental organisations in Zimbabwe are expected to meet with senior government officials at the end of August to focus on the immense challenges facing civil…

A humanitarian appeal to provide shelter for the 300,000 people worst affected by Government evictions in Zimbabwe will be launched next week, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today. Its main priority is providing…

Introduction The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum is a coalition of Zimbabwean human-rights organisations. It is particularly concerned with providing assistance to victims of organised violence and torture, but its activities extend to upholding all aspects of human rights as set…

JOHANNESBURG - Outraged opposition parties in Zimbabwe and South Africa last night said a bailout loan for Zimbabwe provisionally approved by Pretoria on Wednesday would do little to change the policies of President Robert Mugabe or alleviate the suffering of…

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe - Distributions of blankets funded by MCC began in late July but are being hampered by the government's eviction of displaced people from churches where they were being sheltered. MCC has provided $75,710 Cdn./$60,000 U.S. to purchase 5,000 blankets…

In response to the decision of Justice Collins in the High Court today that test cases be adjourned until a series of cases have been tried by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, and that in the meantime the moratorium…

Brian Kagoro, ActionAid's Regional Policy and Advocacy Manager of the Africa Region will be in London from 4 - 6 August. He will be available for interviews regarding the unfolding crisis in Zimbabwe. An expert on Human Rights in Southern Africa…

HARARE - Zimbabwe's remaining white commercial farmers yesterday vowed to remain in the crisis-hit country despite numerous attempts by other African countries to entice them to relocate and help increase farm output there. President Robert Mugabe's government has since 2000 expropriated…

HARARE -- Zimbabwean non-governmental organisations (NGOs) will next month meet top government officials for talks to save the civic society, facing decimation because of a hostile operating environment. National Association of NGOs executive director Jonah Mudehwe said some NGO groups were…

HARARE - Zimbabwe on Tuesday began selling fuel to motorists in foreign currency as it desperately tries to raise hard cash to import oil and end an acute fuel shortage threatening to bring the crisis-hit country to a complete…