Rapports

By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG, Jan 22 (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Thursday it had asked Zimbabwe to make available 240,000 tonnes of maize it has acquired from local farmers to ease a critical food shortage in the crisis-ridden…

12,255 Bulawayo and Harare residents received a donation of food worth US$200,000 from Coca-Cola Africa Foundation as part of its contribution to address the increasing food insecurity in urban centres. World Vision Zimbabwe will distribute the food for three…

HARARE, 20 January (IRIN) - A European Commission (EC) donation of US $25 million to the World Food Programme (WFP) in Zimbabwe has "come at just the right time", the UN food agency said on Tuesday. "The EC donation has…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] HARARE, 20 January (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's women are doubly disadvantaged by the country's four-year-old economic crisis. They are not only expected to manage dwindling, inflation-hit household budgets, but many…

JOHANNESBURG, 15 January (IRIN) - More than a 1,000 people died of malaria in Zimbabwe during 2003, according to a report published by the UN Relief and Recovery unit in the capital, Harare. Confirming the figure, World Health Organisation…

(New York, 15 January 2003) - In Zimbabwe, people living in Harare and outlying areas are now getting a steady supply of clean water. This breakthrough is the result of the combined efforts of the United States Agency for…

KUWAIT, Jan 14 (KUNA) -- A Kuwaiti Air-Force cargo plane left for Zimbabwe Wednesday with a new batch of aid sent by the Kuwait Red Crescent Society to the drought-hit areas of the African country, half of whose population…

Water Treatment Chemicals for Harare City Residents of Harare and the surrounding satellite towns of Norton, Ruwa and Chitungwiza are now getting a constant supply of clean water after having experienced irregular supplies from late November to…

JOHANNESBURG, 12 January (IRIN) - The lack of local currency in the Zimbabwean market ahead of the country's first auction of foreign exchange on Monday has caused some anxiety among humanitarian aid agencies. The World Food Programme (WFP) reported that in…

JOHANNESBURG, 8 January (IRIN) - Humanitarian operations in Zimbabwe may be affected by a new measure aimed at reversing the local currency's slide in value against the US dollar on the parallel market. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is to…