Rapports

Summary The October-December part of the 2002-03 rainy season has been below normal for most of the country. The total area under cultivation for food crops is less than 50 percent of the 1990s average and that of…

HARARE, Dec 16, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The fuel crisis facing the country has not spared the emergency services such as fire and ambulance services, an officer of the ambulance services said here on Monday. "It is definitely a…

JOHANNESBURG, 13 December (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's controversial land reform programme and the country's economic troubles were expected to top the agenda at the ruling ZANU-PF annual congress on Friday, news reports said. Reuters reported that President Robert Mugabe was likely to…

December 13, 2002 -- The World Bank Group's Vice-President for Africa, Callisto Madavo, and the International Monetary Fund's African Department Director, Abdoulaye Bio Tchane, issued the following joint statement to the Boards of Executive Directors of both institutions, on the…

JOHANNESBURG, 12 December (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's commercial farmers on Thursday said a government decision to seize "undeclared" maize from white-owned farms would deter farmers from producing the crop in the future. The state-controlled Grain Marketing Board (GMB) on Wednesday announced that…

2003 (In CHF) 20042 (In CHF) 1. Health and Care 389,949 420,000 2. Disaster Management 52,193 55,000 3. Organizational Development 74,982 80,000 Total 526,1221 555,000 1 USD 261,000 or EUR 357,709.2 These are preliminary budget figures for 2004, and are subject to revision. Introduction The vulnerability of the average Zimbabwean has considerably increased in…

General Highlights Humanitarian Situation Highlights Rainfall patterns The long awaited rains arrived last week. Meteorological information sources says that the rains are expected to continue for the next few days. The upgrading of El Niño from low to moderate means that the…

"The situation is getting worse every day", says Wolfgang Nierwetberg, CEO of HELP. Daily other help seeking people arrive at the mission. Totally exhausted mothers with babys who are entirely emaciated. "Most of the babies are even unable to cry…

REGION COUNTRY Total No. ofpeople needingassistance WFP ACTIVITIES No. of peopleWFP ishelping WFP AppealUS$ Appeal statusUS$ Southern Africa (incl. Angola) 16.41 million 11,495,850 $ 750,228,647 $ 368,668,660 Zimbabwe 6.7 million - - Malawi 3.3 million - - Zambia 2.9 million - - Mozambique 590,000 - - Lesotho 650,000 - - Swaziland 270,000 - - Angola 2 million 1,240,000 $ 241,483,471 $ 81,202,056 Greater Horn 17.9 million 6,681,176 $ 328,252,798 $ 234,031,296 Ethiopia up to 14 million 3,000,000 $ 162,468,491 $ 86,668,044 Eritrea up to 1 million 738,450 $ 32,969,041 $ 30,235,896 Sudan 2.9…

JOHANNESBURG, 11 December (IRIN) Human rights groups have voiced concern that political violence and the politicisation of food aid have continued in parts of Zimbabwe. In its latest report the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum alleged that violence in the…