Informes

July 2002 - June 2003 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Over six million Zimbabweans - half the population - are at risk due to the worsening food shortage in the country, a shortage estimated at 1.8 million Metric Tonnes (MTs).…

Mainly fertile grounds and a balanced climate favour the agriculture in Zimbabwe. Though there were floods as well as droughts now and then, which affected some regions of Zimbabwe, the crop deficits could be compensated - with few exceptions…

JOHANNESBURG, 16 July (IRIN) - A western human rights group on Tuesday called on the Zimbabwean government and NGOs to step up assistance to the growing number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the country, saying that although information…

Relief and development agency Tearfund today thanked its supporters for raising over =A31.7 million to help ease the desperate food shortages in Southern Africa. The appeal total continues to rise. "This is a very significant contribution and we thank our supporters…

Southern African drought places 13 million at risk of famine: OCHA (NEW YORK, 15 July) The urgent plight of people in Southern African nations - facing a lengthy drought, already-low nutrition levels, a worsening AIDS epidemic and in some cases political…

Zimbabwe has since the mid-1990s seen both her economy and political stability deteriorate. Population movements, both voluntary and forced, have become an increasingly visible aspect of the new situation. Economic hardship has led to new movement patterns between the rural…

Appeal Target: US$ 3,729,578Balance Requested from ACT Network: US$ 3,390,575 Geneva, 15 July 2002 Dear Colleagues, This appeal, originally issued 8 May 2002, is being revised to include ACT member Christian Care (CC) bringing together two ACT members responding…

HARARE, Jul 12, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Zimbabwean government has assured the donor community that all disaster donations would be accounted for transparently. Zimbabwean Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Ignatius Chombo made the assurance…

Washington - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide an additional 160,000 metric tons of food commodities to southern Africa. The contribution of corn, vegetable oil, and beans will sustain approximately 10 million people for 1 month and…

JOHANNESBURG, 11 July (IRIN) - People not directly affected by the food crisis in Southern Africa still faced serious health risks like cholera and dysentery, with HIV/AIDS adding to the problem, the World Health Organisation (WHO) told IRIN on…