Rapports

OVERVIEW The month of March exhibited the lack of political tolerance and respect for the rights of others that continues to prevail in Zimbabwe, especially during election periods. This month saw a significant rise in the number of assaults, violations…

Harare (dpa) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has agreed to meet with the head of the World Food Programme (WFP), state-controlled Herald newspaper reported Wednesday. The Herald quoted Mugabe's spokesman George Charamba as saying the 81-year-old head of state had…

HARARE, May 16, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Malaria has killed 329 people in Zimbabwe since the beginning of this year, according to the malaria statistics issued by the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare on Monday. The statistics showed…

Sapa | Harare, Zimbabwe Nearly 100 refugees from various African countries are being detained in Zimbabwe as part of an ongoing police blitz in illegal housing, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. Ninety-four people from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea,…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 11 May 2005 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's key livestock sector needs further assistance to fully realise its potential as a foreign currency earner and valuable food resource, says Dr…

Government Delays Provision of U.N. Humanitarian Assistance (London, September 11, 2005) -- In its policy of forced evictions and mass displacement, the Zimbabwean government has violated the human rights of hundreds of thousands of its citizens, Human Rights Watch said in a…

Amnesty International today called on the Zimbabwe Government to end five years of harassment and repression of human rights campaigners. "Hundreds of ordinary Zimbabweans, who have fought to protect the rights of their fellow citizens, have faced intimidation, arbitrary arrest, assault…

Summary The food and humanitarian crisis that broke out in Southern Africa in 2001 at its high point in late 2002 threatened the lives and livelihoods of as many as 16 million persons in the six most-affected countries of Lesotho,…

Introduction Amnesty International is deeply concerned by the repression of human rights defenders in Zimbabwe. The government, in an effort to conceal human rights violations and prevent public protest and criticism of its actions, has become increasingly intolerant of the work…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] HARARE, 6 May (IRIN) - The general shortage of commodities in Zimbabwe has created a burgeoning parallel market, which is limiting access to basic items for most of…