Rapports

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 4 April (IRIN) - After a three-year delay, a US $10.3 million grant to Zimbabwe by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is "very…

SG/SM/9803, AFR/1135 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General notes that parliamentary voting held in Zimbabwe on 31 March was conducted peacefully, without the violence that has marred previous elections. He is…

HARARE, Apr 3, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Elections Observer Mission on Sunday upheld the results of the sixth parliamentary election of Zimbabwe on Thursday, reported the official news agency New Ziana. Head of…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] HARARE, 2 April (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party's resounding poll victory, clinching two-thirds of seats in parliament, has been condemned as a sham by the main opposition Movement…

HARARE, Apr 1, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has won 31 of the first 44 seats that were announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission on Friday morning. Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), the…

AI Index: AFR 46/006/2005 (Public) Amnesty International is outraged at the arrest of more than 250 women after Zimbabwe police broke up a peaceful post-election prayer gathering in Harare yesterday evening. According to reports received by Amnesty International, police beat…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 1 April (IRIN) - Rehabilitating irrigation schemes and major dams in Zimbabwe's arid Matabeleland South province could help ease its perennial food shortages, experts told IRIN this week. Over…

As Zimbabweans went to polls, authorities' expected manipulation of votes of people registered twice or known to be dead likely to secure ZANU PF triumph. By Josephine Ushe in Harare (Africa Reports: Zimbabwe Elections No 23, 31-Mar-05) Zimbabweans waited in long…

HIGHLIGHTS The 2004/05 agricultural season has been characterized by erratic weather patters. This has hampered crop production is some areas, thus adding to vulnerability and food insecurity. The humanitarian community in southern Africa has drafted a strategic framework for 2005 to…