Rapports

The International Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. The Federation is the world's largest humanitarian organization, and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180…

JOHANNESBURG, 5 January (IRIN) - About 400 of the farms recovered so far from senior government officials who ignored a presidential directive and held multiple properties will be given to farmers who are "serious and committed" to agricultural production, authorities…

MBABANE, Jan 3 (Reuters) - The tiny southern African kingdom of Swaziland could face crop failures due to a drought affecting parts of southern Africa, officials said on Saturday. Swaziland's National Disaster Relief Task Force met with meteorological, agricultural and…

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced a donation of an additional 30,000 metric tons (MT) of food, valued at $12 million, to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). The food contribution will…

JOHANNESBURG, 30 December (IRIN) - If last year Zimbabweans thought life could not get any tougher, 2003 disabused them of that faint hope. Ordinary people struggled to cope through interlinked humanitarian, economic and political crises that provided no let up, deepening…

Appeal Target: CHF 526,122 (USD 261,000, EUR 357,709) Period covered: May - October 2003 The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions…

Harare (dpa) - Zimbabwean health officials asked South African laboratories for help to investigate a suspected ebola case in the country's most popular tourist resort at Victoria Falls. Media reports quoted Health minister David Parirenyatwa as saying that an Angolan…

Rosemary is 21 months old. Her body is wasted and she lies motionless on the bed. Her small, lacklustre eyes seek reassurance from her grandmother, Museuu Gumbo, lying next to her. She and her twin brother, Previ, lost their…

JOHANNESBURG - More than 2.6 million people in Zimbabwe will face a bleak Christmas this year after having had their food rations halved because of insufficient donations from the international community, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said…

The three siblings have prepared their plot for the planting season. It is almost one acre and they are proud of their work. Still, they have not been able to plant the maize seeds they received from the Red…