Rapports

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] HARARE, 1 March (IRIN) - They are calling it "the wonder crop". Nutritious, cheap and easy to produce, the soya bean has transformed the lives of poverty-stricken smallholder farmers…

Executive Summary Zimbabwe experiences severe drought every two to three years. In intervening years, parts of the country are periodically affected by floods. Correspondingly, the country frequently hosts drought or flood relief programs targeting the recovery of smallholder agriculture. The…

Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare Visits CAP 2004 Funded Projects Following the appeal by the government of Zimbabwe for donor assistance towards the extended Consolidated Appeal coordinated by the Humanitarian Coordinator's Office and launched in April 2004, the Ministry…

Highlights - Nearly 82,000 MT of maize, 13,000 MT each of rice and bean trade captured during the first seven months of informal cross border food trade monitoring in Southern Africa. - Malawi continues to dominate informal maize…

HARARE, Feb 24, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) The Zimbabwean government said on Thursday it was considering suspending the registrations of about 30 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) over suspected misuse of 87 million US dollars they received from international donors last year. Public…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 22 February (IRIN) - An escalation in political violence and attempts to influence opposition supporters in rural Zimbabwe could result in a low turnout in next month's election,…

New funds will help UNICEF fight malaria HARARE, 22 Feb 2005 - Despite impressive advances made against malaria in Zimbabwe during the mid and late 1990s, UNICEF today warned that the country's children are once more under threat from the…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] HARARE, 11 February (IRIN) - Fortune Hakata dreams of becoming a pilot. Each morning, like any other 14-year-old, he leaves home for school; at the end of the…

Millions said to be in need of food aid, largely as a result of chaotic land reform programme. By Elias Mugwadi in Harare (Africa Reports: Zimbabwe Elections No 05, 08-Feb-05) Zimbabwe is sliding inexorably into famine as crops fail and the…

When the State President went on television and stated that Zimbabwe had grown a crop of 2,4 million tonnes in the 2003/04 season, the news was received with disbelief. How could a country which had not fed itself for…