Rapports

Heavy January rainfall decreased moisture deficits, though cropping conditions unlikely to recover Key Messages Despite moderate to heavy rainfall in early and mid-January, poor rainfall at the end of the month led to soil moisture stress, causing some…

Highlights In line with seasonal trends, national average maize prices have been increasing across the region. South Africa, the region’s largest maize producer/supplier, is seeing an uptick in prices partly due to lower than expected planting and…

In Numbers 2,399 mt of food assistance distributed US$4.5m cash-based transfers made 2,000 mt of sorghum locally procured US$31.5m six months (Mar–Aug 2019) net funding requirements, representing 67% of total 7.5m people in rural and urban areas food insecure (ZimVAC analysis…

The Urgent Water Supply and Sanitation Rehabilitation Project Phase II in Zimbabwe, implemented by the African Development Bank, has improved water access for targeted communities with inadequate water supply. Waking up at the crack of dawn to…

to assist 4.9 million people FAO requires USD 67.9 million period December 2018 to December 2019 Farmers and agropastoralists across Southern Africa are facing El Niño conditions for the second time in three years. This is occurring in a region where the…

Zimbabwe: Ruthless crackdown on freedom of assembly exposes intolerance for dissent A new briefing by Amnesty International documents how the Zimbabwean authorities have mounted a brutal crackdown and violence against protesters, using killings and torture, among other…

President Emmerson D Mnangagwa President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Office of the President Munhumutapa Building Samora Machel Avenue Harare Zimbabwe 4 February 2019 Your Excellency Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam International are writing to urge you to urgently take concrete and effective…

Meltdown Introduction As the sun set nonchalantly over 2018, the smouldering ruins of post-election violence might have physically been extinguished but the memories of the carnage were, at the very least, glowing embers of indignation in the minds…

Situation According to the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee’s 2018 Rural Livelihoods Assessment, approximately 2.4 million people in rural Zimbabwe—approximately 28 percent of the rural population—will be severely food insecure by March 2019. Dry spells and erratic rainfall…

Delayed start of season and significant rainfall deficits negatively impacting cropping conditions The October 2018 to March 2019 rainy season in Southern Africa started nearly a month late, and rainfall totals to date are significantly below average…