Rapports

Current Situation There are more than 11 million people now experiencing crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity (IPC Phases 3 and 4) in nine Southern African countries1 due to deepening drought and climate crisis. If urgent…

GENEVA (14 November 2019) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, will carry out a fact-finding visit to Zimbabwe from 18 to 28 November 2019. "The objective of my visit is to…

The resilience of Zimbabweans is being tested. Currently facing hyperinflation at 300% and high food costs (bread prices up by 60%), citizens of Zimbabwe are struggling to stay afloat. Particularly vulnerable are the urban poor. A new…

Full title of the project: Building Resilience of Smallholders by Increasing Small Grains Production and Productivity in Zimbabwe Target areas: Chiredzi, Mount Darwin, Mwenezi and Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe (UMP) districts. Recipient: ZimbabweDonor:Pooled Fund Contribution: USD 329 610 24/12/2018-30/06/2019 Project code: OSRO/ZIM/803/WFP Objective:…

St Martin’s Primary School in Nyandoro Village, Zimbabwe, is full of energy with 140 students regularly attending classes given by five teachers. But its position on the porous border with Mozambique means that the school has been…

Cyclone Idai struck Zimbabwe in March 2019, affecting 270,000 people. The storm and subsequent flooding and landslides left 340 people dead and many others missing. Agriculture, schools and infrastructure all suffered heavy impacts; many people lost…

Who will protect citizens from their ‘supposed’ protectors? The month of October brought not just scorching temperatures, but the searing heat may well be the signs of the hard and tough living conditions that Zimbabweans are enduring. The…

Executive summary Cyclone Idai hit eastern Zimbabwe with heavy rains and strong winds on 17 March 2019. 2 The cyclone caused riverine and flash flooding with subsequent deaths. It destroyed infrastructure; washed away roads and bridges, damaged…

Harare – Over eight months after Cyclone Idai devastated Southern Africa, the affected communities in Zimbabwe are desperate for permanent shelter and the resumption of livelihoods. The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) conducted by the International Organization for…

African Development Bank and World Food Programme (WFP) teams in Zimbabwe held a two-day workshop on 28 and 29 October 2019 to explore ways of consolidating efforts in aid of the country’s socio-economic development. The workshop was…